Vertigo (If It's a Crime) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by kittenchowmein 

Cover art for Vertigo (If It's a Crime) lyrics by Islands

Maybe i'm looking into it too literally, but i think it's a song about suicide. Also the chorus with the title line, sounds fairly similar to Renaud on Return to the Sea, which makes me wonder if the two songs are meant to be related.

guess i wasn't literal enough. according to an interview i read, it's meant to be a 3 part epic about a man facing death by gallows.

Ya, it seems pretty literal. I mean, Nick tends to wrap metaphors in things and I'm sure there are some in here, but ya. The idea that it could be related to Bucky Little Wing is kind of absurd.

I always thought it was suicide too ...