Certainly great lyrics. I think the second verse has to be "JFK's SON went down." Makes more sense since JFK Jr. went down in a plane. I don't know though. Does anyone have the liner notes? Are the lyrics printed in the CD?
They are certainly obscure lyrics and hard to pin down. I like the historical references though.
Harvey Oswald is dead and gone (He was shot by Jack Ruby and pronounced dead 48 hours and 7 minutes after JFK.)
He took the last train out of town (I think this is just a metaphor for his death.)
One Minute man has cocked his load (Could refer to Ruby--who shot Oswald--or LBJ, who took over after JFK. I think LBJ. I think it is meant to have a negative connotation. LBJ was sworn in on the flight to Bethesda with the recently dead JFK in the cargo hold.)
Rooster's on parole. (My best guess is a Vietnam reference. After LBJ took over the US high command stepped up the war in Vietnam. Vietnamese people referred to 101st Airborne as chickens or roosters due to the bald eagle patch they wore. So JFK is dead, the one minute man took over and now the unjust war is escalating.) ??
JFK's Son went down (he crashed in a plane)
He left the thorns of fallen crown. (This line is heavy. It has a biblical reference--crown of thorns (which suggest he could be a savior or messiah). It also suggests that Jr should/could have been the next king, i.e. president, succeeding his father)
Marilyn Monroe’s cum I’ll swallow/She is the guts, the glory, sorrow. (I think this is just a bit of hero worship. Perhaps the speaker in the song things Marilyn Monroe was a stronger character than any of them, JFK, JFK Jr, LBJ, Oswald. She is a greater hero and the speaker in the poem feels she is so worthy she’d even drink her cum).
I also thing the song makes better sense if the line is “Valium Knight’s (i.e. “Knight is”) in my bed.” The Valium Knight is in her bed but he is a vagrant—a wanderer—wandering around in her head. Obviously the love she had for her Valium Knight is waning but they are still holding on to the “Golden Love” they had before, like any couple does, and wondering what went wrong.
Strange too that she seems to worship Marilyn Monroe who overdosed on chloral hydrate and Nembutal while there is Valium (also a barbiturate) wandering aroudn like a vagrant in her head. Like the Valium and the suicide would be her knight in shinning armor and rescue her.
I thought of the meaning when she talks about the Valium Knight.
I thought of the meaning when she talks about the Valium Knight.
Valium is a medication taken to relieve anxiety.
It gave me the impression that she's talking about how your life can be so out of control and you end up finding that one person who you fall in love with and they just completely calm you down and they kind of become your drug. Then she starts to talk about how as you said, the love for her Valium Knight is waning. I'm not quite sure, but the reference to him being a vagrant...
Valium is a medication taken to relieve anxiety.
It gave me the impression that she's talking about how your life can be so out of control and you end up finding that one person who you fall in love with and they just completely calm you down and they kind of become your drug. Then she starts to talk about how as you said, the love for her Valium Knight is waning. I'm not quite sure, but the reference to him being a vagrant could be like when you fall out of love with someone, they are no longer in your life, but you can't help but to have them wander through your thoughts.
Could this song be possibly be from the perspective of Jackie O? Because wasn't she taking valuim(or am i confusing the pills she was using) after JFK's death? She would spend hours in bed sobbing also:
Could this song be possibly be from the perspective of Jackie O? Because wasn't she taking valuim(or am i confusing the pills she was using) after JFK's death? She would spend hours in bed sobbing also:
Fall into an abyss
Won't you give me, just one last kiss
Valium knights in my bed
Only now, he's a vagrant in my head
Golden love is holding on
Holding onto what we had before
Fall into an abyss
Won't you give me, just one last kiss
Valium knights in my bed
Only now, he's a vagrant in my head
Golden love is holding on
Holding onto what we had before
most likely the song reminding me of jackie O is from more of a coincidence than Dalle's intention.
most likely the song reminding me of jackie O is from more of a coincidence than Dalle's intention.
Certainly great lyrics. I think the second verse has to be "JFK's SON went down." Makes more sense since JFK Jr. went down in a plane. I don't know though. Does anyone have the liner notes? Are the lyrics printed in the CD?
They are certainly obscure lyrics and hard to pin down. I like the historical references though.
Harvey Oswald is dead and gone (He was shot by Jack Ruby and pronounced dead 48 hours and 7 minutes after JFK.) He took the last train out of town (I think this is just a metaphor for his death.) One Minute man has cocked his load (Could refer to Ruby--who shot Oswald--or LBJ, who took over after JFK. I think LBJ. I think it is meant to have a negative connotation. LBJ was sworn in on the flight to Bethesda with the recently dead JFK in the cargo hold.) Rooster's on parole. (My best guess is a Vietnam reference. After LBJ took over the US high command stepped up the war in Vietnam. Vietnamese people referred to 101st Airborne as chickens or roosters due to the bald eagle patch they wore. So JFK is dead, the one minute man took over and now the unjust war is escalating.) ??
JFK's Son went down (he crashed in a plane) He left the thorns of fallen crown. (This line is heavy. It has a biblical reference--crown of thorns (which suggest he could be a savior or messiah). It also suggests that Jr should/could have been the next king, i.e. president, succeeding his father) Marilyn Monroe’s cum I’ll swallow/She is the guts, the glory, sorrow. (I think this is just a bit of hero worship. Perhaps the speaker in the song things Marilyn Monroe was a stronger character than any of them, JFK, JFK Jr, LBJ, Oswald. She is a greater hero and the speaker in the poem feels she is so worthy she’d even drink her cum).
I also thing the song makes better sense if the line is “Valium Knight’s (i.e. “Knight is”) in my bed.” The Valium Knight is in her bed but he is a vagrant—a wanderer—wandering around in her head. Obviously the love she had for her Valium Knight is waning but they are still holding on to the “Golden Love” they had before, like any couple does, and wondering what went wrong.
Strange too that she seems to worship Marilyn Monroe who overdosed on chloral hydrate and Nembutal while there is Valium (also a barbiturate) wandering aroudn like a vagrant in her head. Like the Valium and the suicide would be her knight in shinning armor and rescue her.
Those are my best guesses. Just rambling really.
I really like your take.
I really like your take.
I thought of the meaning when she talks about the Valium Knight.
I thought of the meaning when she talks about the Valium Knight.
Valium is a medication taken to relieve anxiety. It gave me the impression that she's talking about how your life can be so out of control and you end up finding that one person who you fall in love with and they just completely calm you down and they kind of become your drug. Then she starts to talk about how as you said, the love for her Valium Knight is waning. I'm not quite sure, but the reference to him being a vagrant...
Valium is a medication taken to relieve anxiety. It gave me the impression that she's talking about how your life can be so out of control and you end up finding that one person who you fall in love with and they just completely calm you down and they kind of become your drug. Then she starts to talk about how as you said, the love for her Valium Knight is waning. I'm not quite sure, but the reference to him being a vagrant could be like when you fall out of love with someone, they are no longer in your life, but you can't help but to have them wander through your thoughts.
Could this song be possibly be from the perspective of Jackie O? Because wasn't she taking valuim(or am i confusing the pills she was using) after JFK's death? She would spend hours in bed sobbing also:
Could this song be possibly be from the perspective of Jackie O? Because wasn't she taking valuim(or am i confusing the pills she was using) after JFK's death? She would spend hours in bed sobbing also:
Fall into an abyss Won't you give me, just one last kiss Valium knights in my bed Only now, he's a vagrant in my head Golden love is holding on Holding onto what we had before
Fall into an abyss Won't you give me, just one last kiss Valium knights in my bed Only now, he's a vagrant in my head Golden love is holding on Holding onto what we had before
most likely the song reminding me of jackie O is from more of a coincidence than Dalle's intention.
most likely the song reminding me of jackie O is from more of a coincidence than Dalle's intention.