“Straight ahead what is there?” — The future looks bleak
“My brother and sister and I
trying to make some sense of this” — implies some kind of family tragedy — death of a parent?
“it's just a fleeting thought though
for there is nothing in our wondering” — There’s no God answering or listening to the families’ prayers
“night in night out love begins and love ends” — circle of life / love
“the red sun rises
sadness is still in print” — The Sun is Britain’s most popular tabloid newspaper. It’s often called a Red Top because its front page is red. The fact that he references London in this song makes me think that’s where it’s set, and that the front page of The Sun has some tragic event like a terrorist attack / gruesome murder / natural disaster / war etc
“my royal name is Cyrus the selfish” — I always took this to be a private “in joke” — a nickname for Jamie / the narrator that one of his friends / relatives has for him
“and yours Panic in the streets of London” — a line from The Smiths song “Panic”, another nickname for a friend / relative of Jamie / the narrator
“listen when the baby calls your name
and don't act as if you didn't know...” — to me this just seems like a stereotypical Smiths lyric eg “This Night Has Opened My Eyes”:
“In a river the colour of lead
immerse a baby's head
wrap her up in the News Of The World
dump her on a doorstep, girl
this night has opened my eyes
and I will never sleep again”
Again this ads weight to my point about The Sun, as The Smiths song references another tabloid (The News of The World)
OK Coow, here’s my interpretation…
“Straight ahead what is there?” — The future looks bleak
“My brother and sister and I trying to make some sense of this” — implies some kind of family tragedy — death of a parent?
“it's just a fleeting thought though for there is nothing in our wondering” — There’s no God answering or listening to the families’ prayers
“night in night out love begins and love ends” — circle of life / love
“the red sun rises sadness is still in print” — The Sun is Britain’s most popular tabloid newspaper. It’s often called a Red Top because its front page is red. The fact that he references London in this song makes me think that’s where it’s set, and that the front page of The Sun has some tragic event like a terrorist attack / gruesome murder / natural disaster / war etc
“my royal name is Cyrus the selfish” — I always took this to be a private “in joke” — a nickname for Jamie / the narrator that one of his friends / relatives has for him
“and yours Panic in the streets of London” — a line from The Smiths song “Panic”, another nickname for a friend / relative of Jamie / the narrator
“listen when the baby calls your name and don't act as if you didn't know...” — to me this just seems like a stereotypical Smiths lyric eg “This Night Has Opened My Eyes”:
“In a river the colour of lead immerse a baby's head wrap her up in the News Of The World dump her on a doorstep, girl this night has opened my eyes and I will never sleep again”
Again this ads weight to my point about The Sun, as The Smiths song references another tabloid (The News of The World)