"I'm a scary gargoyle on a tower
That you made with plastic power
Your rhinestone eyes are like
Factories far away"
As with most of the songs on this album, he uses things describing things that are 'fake', like Plastic, Rhinestones... This line is saying that his scarey, stone, jaded person was "made" by this 'fake' person (assuming a lover). This person has since past in his life, but their effect is ever-present (hence, factories)
"With the paralytic dreams that we all seem to keep
Drive on engines til they weep we're
Future pixels in factories far away"
I believe this describes our nature to cling our dreams that will never come true, while they gradually eat at us emotionally from disappointment (again, assuming love). "We're future Pixels in factories far away" describes how we live. We live for the hopes of another day, yes these hopes rarely ever come true, and lead to disappointment.
"So call the mainland from the beach
Our pod is now washed up in bleach the
Waves are rising
For this time of year"
"Call the mainland from the beach" may refer to struggling to find hope, or help. "Our Pod is now washed up in bleach" is perhaps refering to an Escape Pod, further refering to a "crash landing" and the bleach washing away the past. The last two lines are obvious, I think.
"And nobody knows what to do with the heat
Under sunshine pylons we'll meet while
Rain is falling like rhinestones from the sky"
Nobody knows how to handle the the 'heat', as in problems. The second line I believe is more accurately worded "Under sunshine, Pylons will meet". Pylons a metaphor for strong support and Sunshine being a metaphor for hope, it seems to hint that the person has gotten right back up and gotten back into a relationship to keep on his two feet. The last line, with again the reference to rhinestones (fake) and rain (depression), hints that again it did not end well.
"Can't see it now my heart is frozen
All the birds and all that grows are
Tapping at the natives in my soul"
The first line seems pretty straight forward. The next two lines, perhaps signify some inner hope deep within him trying to break it's way through.
"I prayed on the immovable
You're clinging to the atoms and I'm
Seeing the adjustment signs of change"
The second line listening closely I believe should be 'Yet' instead of 'you're'. 'and I'm' seems different as well, but I can't tell what the word(s) are. Even so, I think it signifies him praying that things won't change in the situation/relationship, while clinging to his principles and seeing the changes in and around him.
"And I can't see now you said (taxi?)
The light is all that I can take
This storm brings strange royalties, and skies"
I do believe it is Taxi, refering to his current partner leaving him (hailing taxi), yet instead of being completely depressed, it has brought certain happiness (royalties) and hope (skies)
(chorus)
Helicopters fly over the beach
Same time everyday, same routine
Clear target in summer
When skies are blue
Perhaps signifies that he understands the flow of things, that everything will happen again and again. This and the next line seem to give the impression that although hopeful, he's rather jaded. The both also seem to give a "Calm before the storm" sense, this part being the 'calm'...
It's part of the noise when winter comes
It reverberates in my lungs
Nature's corrupted
In factories far away
... and this being the storm. The first two lines signify that he already knows what is coming, and notices the signs, the tone being pretty jaded. The last two perhaps refers that, on a bigger sceme of things, everything follows the same cycle right back to pain.
"Can't see it now my heart is frozen
All the birds and all that grows are
Tapping at the natives in my soul"
"Can't see it now my heart is frozen
All the birds and all that grows are
Tapping at the natives in my soul"
Throughout the entire song, this line might be the most telling.
Throughout the entire song, this line might be the most telling.
Any natural, honest instinct he has is trying to re-awaken, but his experiences have so soured him that he's not even able to access those innocent emotions.
Any natural, honest instinct he has is trying to re-awaken, but his experiences have so soured him that he's not even able to access those innocent emotions.
I really enjoyed your interpretation, and have been listening line-by-line to the song today. Great job.
I really enjoyed your interpretation, and have been listening line-by-line to the song today. Great job.
I think you're mostly right, but i thought i'd clear something up:
I think you're mostly right, but i thought i'd clear something up:
'Our pod is now washed up in bleach'
Could be referring to a pod as in a social group of whales or dolphins.
Rather than a crash landing, I think it's a reference to the hopelessness one feels when they are confronting the 'plastic' in their lives. Beached whales do not tend to survive without help from people, which also kind of makes sense with the 'call the mainland from the beach' part.
'Our pod is now washed up in bleach'
Could be referring to a pod as in a social group of whales or dolphins.
Rather than a crash landing, I think it's a reference to the hopelessness one feels when they are confronting the 'plastic' in their lives. Beached whales do not tend to survive without help from people, which also kind of makes sense with the 'call the mainland from the beach' part.
Perhaps the bleach is alluding to our obsessive desire to cleanse ourselves of the 'fake-ness',...
Perhaps the bleach is alluding to our obsessive desire to cleanse ourselves of the 'fake-ness', and our tendency to do overdo it and kill a part of our real selves in the process.
"I'm a scary gargoyle on a tower That you made with plastic power Your rhinestone eyes are like Factories far away"
As with most of the songs on this album, he uses things describing things that are 'fake', like Plastic, Rhinestones... This line is saying that his scarey, stone, jaded person was "made" by this 'fake' person (assuming a lover). This person has since past in his life, but their effect is ever-present (hence, factories)
"With the paralytic dreams that we all seem to keep Drive on engines til they weep we're Future pixels in factories far away"
I believe this describes our nature to cling our dreams that will never come true, while they gradually eat at us emotionally from disappointment (again, assuming love). "We're future Pixels in factories far away" describes how we live. We live for the hopes of another day, yes these hopes rarely ever come true, and lead to disappointment.
"So call the mainland from the beach Our pod is now washed up in bleach the Waves are rising For this time of year"
"Call the mainland from the beach" may refer to struggling to find hope, or help. "Our Pod is now washed up in bleach" is perhaps refering to an Escape Pod, further refering to a "crash landing" and the bleach washing away the past. The last two lines are obvious, I think.
"And nobody knows what to do with the heat Under sunshine pylons we'll meet while Rain is falling like rhinestones from the sky"
Nobody knows how to handle the the 'heat', as in problems. The second line I believe is more accurately worded "Under sunshine, Pylons will meet". Pylons a metaphor for strong support and Sunshine being a metaphor for hope, it seems to hint that the person has gotten right back up and gotten back into a relationship to keep on his two feet. The last line, with again the reference to rhinestones (fake) and rain (depression), hints that again it did not end well.
"Can't see it now my heart is frozen All the birds and all that grows are Tapping at the natives in my soul"
The first line seems pretty straight forward. The next two lines, perhaps signify some inner hope deep within him trying to break it's way through.
"I prayed on the immovable You're clinging to the atoms and I'm Seeing the adjustment signs of change"
The second line listening closely I believe should be 'Yet' instead of 'you're'. 'and I'm' seems different as well, but I can't tell what the word(s) are. Even so, I think it signifies him praying that things won't change in the situation/relationship, while clinging to his principles and seeing the changes in and around him.
"And I can't see now you said (taxi?) The light is all that I can take This storm brings strange royalties, and skies"
I do believe it is Taxi, refering to his current partner leaving him (hailing taxi), yet instead of being completely depressed, it has brought certain happiness (royalties) and hope (skies)
(chorus)
Helicopters fly over the beach Same time everyday, same routine Clear target in summer When skies are blue
Perhaps signifies that he understands the flow of things, that everything will happen again and again. This and the next line seem to give the impression that although hopeful, he's rather jaded. The both also seem to give a "Calm before the storm" sense, this part being the 'calm'...
It's part of the noise when winter comes It reverberates in my lungs Nature's corrupted In factories far away
... and this being the storm. The first two lines signify that he already knows what is coming, and notices the signs, the tone being pretty jaded. The last two perhaps refers that, on a bigger sceme of things, everything follows the same cycle right back to pain.
TL:DR version: It's about becomming jaded.
"Can't see it now my heart is frozen All the birds and all that grows are Tapping at the natives in my soul"
"Can't see it now my heart is frozen All the birds and all that grows are Tapping at the natives in my soul"
Throughout the entire song, this line might be the most telling.
Throughout the entire song, this line might be the most telling.
Any natural, honest instinct he has is trying to re-awaken, but his experiences have so soured him that he's not even able to access those innocent emotions.
Any natural, honest instinct he has is trying to re-awaken, but his experiences have so soured him that he's not even able to access those innocent emotions.
I really enjoyed your interpretation, and have been listening line-by-line to the song today. Great job.
I really enjoyed your interpretation, and have been listening line-by-line to the song today. Great job.
I think you're mostly right, but i thought i'd clear something up:
I think you're mostly right, but i thought i'd clear something up:
'Our pod is now washed up in bleach' Could be referring to a pod as in a social group of whales or dolphins. Rather than a crash landing, I think it's a reference to the hopelessness one feels when they are confronting the 'plastic' in their lives. Beached whales do not tend to survive without help from people, which also kind of makes sense with the 'call the mainland from the beach' part.
'Our pod is now washed up in bleach' Could be referring to a pod as in a social group of whales or dolphins. Rather than a crash landing, I think it's a reference to the hopelessness one feels when they are confronting the 'plastic' in their lives. Beached whales do not tend to survive without help from people, which also kind of makes sense with the 'call the mainland from the beach' part.
Perhaps the bleach is alluding to our obsessive desire to cleanse ourselves of the 'fake-ness',...
Perhaps the bleach is alluding to our obsessive desire to cleanse ourselves of the 'fake-ness', and our tendency to do overdo it and kill a part of our real selves in the process.