it's a song about that terrifying decision between who dies first - you or your life partner. the simple solution would be dying together, but it obviously doesn't work that way - so it's to lose your life or to lose your love.
there's also underlying currents of 'does the soul exist?' in there too, particularly:
'and there's a part of me that still believes
my soul will soar above the trees
but a desperate fear flows through my blood
a dead love's buried beneath the mud'
which i think means that he hopes souls exist so they can meet together afterwards, but he's terrified it won't be like that.
i'm really loving white lies, they're a nice break from all the new indie bands out there that just sound the same and sing about girls, girls, girls in an awfully unsubtle way. there's a touch of joy division about them, and from that, the editors. i really like them :)
it's a song about that terrifying decision between who dies first - you or your life partner. the simple solution would be dying together, but it obviously doesn't work that way - so it's to lose your life or to lose your love. there's also underlying currents of 'does the soul exist?' in there too, particularly: 'and there's a part of me that still believes my soul will soar above the trees but a desperate fear flows through my blood a dead love's buried beneath the mud' which i think means that he hopes souls exist so they can meet together afterwards, but he's terrified it won't be like that. i'm really loving white lies, they're a nice break from all the new indie bands out there that just sound the same and sing about girls, girls, girls in an awfully unsubtle way. there's a touch of joy division about them, and from that, the editors. i really like them :)
i believe you said it right. A song about death at the end of the day.
i believe you said it right. A song about death at the end of the day.