"You look like someone tongue-tied finding the word "goodbye"
Seems to refer to the ending of the relationship, or rather the "break" or "pausing" of it.
"You're only good when you're on your back you
evening virgin cotton nymph"
Is where that "lust" comment came from. However I think this is what someone would say when you are in an argument. Like when you no longer care for someone as you once did. Things like "you were only good for sex" (on your back) can come up.
This is also futher emphasized by the "evening virgin cotton nymph" line. I see it as at night she would be a "virgin" for sex. A nymph can be used in terms to a female who is extremely sexually active. In this song she seems to be refered to as a "whore". Sex seemed to be the base of her relationship with him when he actually loved her.
I still do not know where the cotton term might have come from. Perhaps he means to tie it in with the word "nymph" as in mythology there are various types relating to nature. Perhaps either a land or wood nymph. Perhaps it also relates to clothing, as cotton is a popular fibre for clothes. And so by "cotton nymph" it is a "whore" who keeps most of her clothes on (just a thought).
"Who's kidding who now, You're an overpaid actress"
Also seems to mean he is in pain from her apparent lack of love for him and he has just found out (hence the name calling earlier on). It seems like he once loved her but she was all lust, an "actress" or a fake. Perhaps she had cheated on him? Lusted over someone else and he has found out her love is fake.
"Yeah, I feel so down" is obvious. It repeats through the song and would relate to him feeling very sad over the situaion.
"I'm an anthropophobiac" is a person afraid of people. Perhaps now from this pain he has withdrawn from society, using "pills" and "alcohol" as a way of escaping reality. He is so drugged that he can't even sleep in his own bed, and instead rests "on the floor near the bed". "I can't get over your love".
"stopped eating and sleeping
I bought some drugs that I never heard of
and asked what the damage was"
Are some powerful lines. This makes me think he is so much in depression that it doesn't matter if he lives or not after all this. He must have loved her so much.
"A wolf from the steppes" is probably a reference to a text called the "Treatise of the Steppenwolf". For more information go here: http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/steppenwolf/quotes.html
Also, for easier browsing sparknotes defines a steppenwolf as:
"The Steppenwolf - A middle-aged recluse who lives alone in a bourgeois lodging house. Harry Haller refers to himself as a “Steppenwolf” because he feels like a lonely wolf of the steppes, removed from the obsessions and conventions common to most people. Harry believes himself to be divided between two extremes: a man-half who shares the ideals and interests of humanity, and a beast-half that sees those aspirations as futile, absurd vanities."
This then relates to the line beforehand that says he is an anthopophobiac. He feels extremely lonely and yet longs for those "ideals and interests of humanity". Perhaps longing for love.
The last lot of lines I found really hard to analyse. However after some thought I've worked out something...
"You're lost in your mind
I believe that anyone can see it"
Could mean she is lost in her own ideals and belief? Too absorbed in herself? Dellusional?
"For only one time
we can be together if you want it."
Perhaps he is giving her another chance? After more thought to this and the last lines it also makes me think that he now wants lust. "For only one time we can be together" as in they can be together in lust. He seems to be over her now (after that depression stage).
"I know what you want
but baby what you want I just don't got it"
Again relating back to the previous lines. After all that depression I get the feeling he no longer loves her. Now he's happy to just use her as the evening virgin cotton nymph she is. But what she wants -now- is his love. It looks like a reversal of roles. Perhaps she has grown fond of him and really wants him now... but its too late. He doesn't have any more love for her.
"Get away from my door
I heard you sell the truth but I don't buy it"
Or perhaps he doesn't believe her. Perhaps because of all the hurt he believes she still wants lust and so was fine to do so (now), but now he's confused.
"Virgin Cotton" is cotton at it's most natural form, when it has just been separated from the seed. Anyways i think its a reference to the fiber of bedsheets.
"Virgin Cotton" is cotton at it's most natural form, when it has just been separated from the seed. Anyways i think its a reference to the fiber of bedsheets.
"You look like someone tongue-tied finding the word "goodbye" Seems to refer to the ending of the relationship, or rather the "break" or "pausing" of it.
"You're only good when you're on your back you evening virgin cotton nymph" Is where that "lust" comment came from. However I think this is what someone would say when you are in an argument. Like when you no longer care for someone as you once did. Things like "you were only good for sex" (on your back) can come up. This is also futher emphasized by the "evening virgin cotton nymph" line. I see it as at night she would be a "virgin" for sex. A nymph can be used in terms to a female who is extremely sexually active. In this song she seems to be refered to as a "whore". Sex seemed to be the base of her relationship with him when he actually loved her.
I still do not know where the cotton term might have come from. Perhaps he means to tie it in with the word "nymph" as in mythology there are various types relating to nature. Perhaps either a land or wood nymph. Perhaps it also relates to clothing, as cotton is a popular fibre for clothes. And so by "cotton nymph" it is a "whore" who keeps most of her clothes on (just a thought).
"Who's kidding who now, You're an overpaid actress" Also seems to mean he is in pain from her apparent lack of love for him and he has just found out (hence the name calling earlier on). It seems like he once loved her but she was all lust, an "actress" or a fake. Perhaps she had cheated on him? Lusted over someone else and he has found out her love is fake.
"Yeah, I feel so down" is obvious. It repeats through the song and would relate to him feeling very sad over the situaion.
"I'm an anthropophobiac" is a person afraid of people. Perhaps now from this pain he has withdrawn from society, using "pills" and "alcohol" as a way of escaping reality. He is so drugged that he can't even sleep in his own bed, and instead rests "on the floor near the bed". "I can't get over your love".
"stopped eating and sleeping I bought some drugs that I never heard of and asked what the damage was" Are some powerful lines. This makes me think he is so much in depression that it doesn't matter if he lives or not after all this. He must have loved her so much.
"A wolf from the steppes" is probably a reference to a text called the "Treatise of the Steppenwolf". For more information go here: http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/steppenwolf/quotes.html Also, for easier browsing sparknotes defines a steppenwolf as: "The Steppenwolf - A middle-aged recluse who lives alone in a bourgeois lodging house. Harry Haller refers to himself as a “Steppenwolf” because he feels like a lonely wolf of the steppes, removed from the obsessions and conventions common to most people. Harry believes himself to be divided between two extremes: a man-half who shares the ideals and interests of humanity, and a beast-half that sees those aspirations as futile, absurd vanities."
This then relates to the line beforehand that says he is an anthopophobiac. He feels extremely lonely and yet longs for those "ideals and interests of humanity". Perhaps longing for love.
The last lot of lines I found really hard to analyse. However after some thought I've worked out something...
"You're lost in your mind I believe that anyone can see it" Could mean she is lost in her own ideals and belief? Too absorbed in herself? Dellusional?
"For only one time we can be together if you want it." Perhaps he is giving her another chance? After more thought to this and the last lines it also makes me think that he now wants lust. "For only one time we can be together" as in they can be together in lust. He seems to be over her now (after that depression stage).
"I know what you want but baby what you want I just don't got it" Again relating back to the previous lines. After all that depression I get the feeling he no longer loves her. Now he's happy to just use her as the evening virgin cotton nymph she is. But what she wants -now- is his love. It looks like a reversal of roles. Perhaps she has grown fond of him and really wants him now... but its too late. He doesn't have any more love for her.
"Get away from my door I heard you sell the truth but I don't buy it" Or perhaps he doesn't believe her. Perhaps because of all the hurt he believes she still wants lust and so was fine to do so (now), but now he's confused.
Hard song to analyse. Need more opinions @.@
"Virgin Cotton" is cotton at it's most natural form, when it has just been separated from the seed. Anyways i think its a reference to the fiber of bedsheets.
"Virgin Cotton" is cotton at it's most natural form, when it has just been separated from the seed. Anyways i think its a reference to the fiber of bedsheets.