Two Planets Lyrics

Lyric discussion by ambriel 

Cover art for Two Planets lyrics by Bat for Lashes

Celestial twins, night and day, sun and moon, positive and negative, pearl and natasha.

'Show me moonlight on the sunrise I've seen so many planets dancing I've seen too many people hiding Show me sunset and I won't forget That I am one of two planets dancing I am part of two planets dancing'

She wants to understand these two sides of herself and discover them-there are many ideas about this and she is facing them head on rather than burying them. She is coming to terms with the two halves.

'Shallow man! Sign your name' On my sun!'

The man in her relationship (W I'm guessing), hurt Natasha and left his mark on her life. Perhaps the split was a result of something trivial?

'The song of Solomon Died in the battleground The song of Solomon Died in love's battleground'

everything she supposed about this love was crushed by her lover, Pearl points this out to her (notice how her voice changes as she sings this?) at this point the two begin to develop an understanding of the issue...

'I am full Shattered by this sailing tim For all your suffering by night Oh warm, but under bright And life is so much dark and light When day cannot exist without a night And you are not separate from me I am a heart that's full of life'

Natasha begins to reflect on this duality-she is hurt but her other half feels possibly reunited upon this. Pearl begins to state that, yes Natasha doesn't really understand her, but she's still very much there when Natasha is acting 'normal'. She is the other half of Natasha-the moon, the negative, the night. She is a part of her and she is real.

'And to be shared On this night Feel my hands Feel my life For the Sun And the stars Are my Mother And my sister I know where the form is changing I know that the stars will follow me.. '

They will begin to understand one another, Pearl's physicaltiy and emotions will be made clearer to natasha. The sun and the stars are linked with the moon...Pearl is linked with others. Not herself but perhaps the idea of the negative. Something is changing...

The music adds to a sense that this battle/understanding are taking place out of body...up in space...out of this realm...