I agree with the existing post, but it only fully came into focus when I read the lyrics.
The only line I don't get is in the beginning when he says, "She will ride under the water" like maybe she's doing something no one knows about? or something so sinister that it needs to exist underneath the place where she will choose to rest for the rest of her days?
It's a beautifully magical song. Sad, but with exuberance and splendor. I am ok with Liberator as an album although I do think the better tracks are rather dull lyrically (Dollar Girl, Heaven Is, etc.). Lyrically, this is the best song on the album. I wonder why he chose Christine as the title, unless this person actually existed.
@Pizaster I always read "She will ride under the water" as suicide by drowning. The next line is "She will leave her son and daughter", which indicates (to me) that her children will be left without a mother as a consequence of her drowning.
@Pizaster I always read "She will ride under the water" as suicide by drowning. The next line is "She will leave her son and daughter", which indicates (to me) that her children will be left without a mother as a consequence of her drowning.
I agree with the existing post, but it only fully came into focus when I read the lyrics.
The only line I don't get is in the beginning when he says, "She will ride under the water" like maybe she's doing something no one knows about? or something so sinister that it needs to exist underneath the place where she will choose to rest for the rest of her days?
It's a beautifully magical song. Sad, but with exuberance and splendor. I am ok with Liberator as an album although I do think the better tracks are rather dull lyrically (Dollar Girl, Heaven Is, etc.). Lyrically, this is the best song on the album. I wonder why he chose Christine as the title, unless this person actually existed.
@Pizaster I always read "She will ride under the water" as suicide by drowning. The next line is "She will leave her son and daughter", which indicates (to me) that her children will be left without a mother as a consequence of her drowning.
@Pizaster I always read "She will ride under the water" as suicide by drowning. The next line is "She will leave her son and daughter", which indicates (to me) that her children will be left without a mother as a consequence of her drowning.