Amazing, I love this. Quite different to anything he's done before and he pulls it off magnificently. Poor Carol, she is a symbol for someone not enjoying life, not fitting in, not experiencing the love she yearns for. All her life she's not been happy, waiting for someone to "save" her. But ofcourse, that person never comes. She dies young. From what it's not known, however my bets on suicide.
However, the lyrics also give an insight into the narrator's life. He can't tell her that life improves with age, as he's experienced life. He can't tell her that he loves her when he doesn't (his own sexuality? his reluctance to enter relationships? hurt too many times?). Whatever it is, he can't help her, he's not the one. He seen in her himself, unhappy, lonely, isolated, depressed. The only difference is he's still here to tell the tale.
Well, that's my take on it anyway. Love it!
Amazing, I love this. Quite different to anything he's done before and he pulls it off magnificently. Poor Carol, she is a symbol for someone not enjoying life, not fitting in, not experiencing the love she yearns for. All her life she's not been happy, waiting for someone to "save" her. But ofcourse, that person never comes. She dies young. From what it's not known, however my bets on suicide. However, the lyrics also give an insight into the narrator's life. He can't tell her that life improves with age, as he's experienced life. He can't tell her that he loves her when he doesn't (his own sexuality? his reluctance to enter relationships? hurt too many times?). Whatever it is, he can't help her, he's not the one. He seen in her himself, unhappy, lonely, isolated, depressed. The only difference is he's still here to tell the tale. Well, that's my take on it anyway. Love it!