this song is about a man that cheated on his wife/girlfriend and the perspectives of both of them. it starts off with the woman who is remembering the first time she met the man and how much she loves him but ends with the line "nothing is taking me down, except you, my love" to express how hurt she is by what he's done. then the man sings his perspective. he says "i hope my sanity covers the cost to remove the stain of my love" meaning he hopes the fact that he is normally sane and faithful is enough to help the woman get over the fact that he cheated on her. (the "stain" of love refers both to the sexual side, i.e. cum stain, and the emotional side-he uses the word stain, suggesting that the pain of it can never be removed) he goes on to say that god will forgive him for what he has done but he can never forgive himself. in the chorus-type part of the male part he's saying "i wanna hear what you're gonna say about me, ... if you're gonna live without me, ...what you want" he means he wants her to go ahead and tell him how horrible he is and that she should leave him and then tell him what she wants from him to make things right. Damien Rice is always so amazing at capturing the true emotions of all situations. In this song, the woman who has been wronged, seems very calm, almost happy, but mostly nostalgic. This may not make sense to some of you but if you have ever been cheated on or hurt by someone you love, you might recognize that feeling of calmness before you explode. It's as if the person who cheated is hurt more by the act than the person being cheated on. They can't bare to live with the guilt of what they've done.
when it gets to Damien's part, this is prob my favourite part of a song ever. It's just sooo good and passionate, I kinda wish it was the whole song. the stain of my love, paper mache line, i think is referring to his actual ejaculation stain as when it hardens, paper mache. haha. I love that even though it's a sexually explicit image, he makes it beautiful and poetic. I adore him
when it gets to Damien's part, this is prob my favourite part of a song ever. It's just sooo good and passionate, I kinda wish it was the whole song. the stain of my love, paper mache line, i think is referring to his actual ejaculation stain as when it hardens, paper mache. haha. I love that even though it's a sexually explicit image, he makes it beautiful and poetic. I adore him
this song is about a man that cheated on his wife/girlfriend and the perspectives of both of them. it starts off with the woman who is remembering the first time she met the man and how much she loves him but ends with the line "nothing is taking me down, except you, my love" to express how hurt she is by what he's done. then the man sings his perspective. he says "i hope my sanity covers the cost to remove the stain of my love" meaning he hopes the fact that he is normally sane and faithful is enough to help the woman get over the fact that he cheated on her. (the "stain" of love refers both to the sexual side, i.e. cum stain, and the emotional side-he uses the word stain, suggesting that the pain of it can never be removed) he goes on to say that god will forgive him for what he has done but he can never forgive himself. in the chorus-type part of the male part he's saying "i wanna hear what you're gonna say about me, ... if you're gonna live without me, ...what you want" he means he wants her to go ahead and tell him how horrible he is and that she should leave him and then tell him what she wants from him to make things right. Damien Rice is always so amazing at capturing the true emotions of all situations. In this song, the woman who has been wronged, seems very calm, almost happy, but mostly nostalgic. This may not make sense to some of you but if you have ever been cheated on or hurt by someone you love, you might recognize that feeling of calmness before you explode. It's as if the person who cheated is hurt more by the act than the person being cheated on. They can't bare to live with the guilt of what they've done.
when it gets to Damien's part, this is prob my favourite part of a song ever. It's just sooo good and passionate, I kinda wish it was the whole song. the stain of my love, paper mache line, i think is referring to his actual ejaculation stain as when it hardens, paper mache. haha. I love that even though it's a sexually explicit image, he makes it beautiful and poetic. I adore him
when it gets to Damien's part, this is prob my favourite part of a song ever. It's just sooo good and passionate, I kinda wish it was the whole song. the stain of my love, paper mache line, i think is referring to his actual ejaculation stain as when it hardens, paper mache. haha. I love that even though it's a sexually explicit image, he makes it beautiful and poetic. I adore him