Two people or "ships" are meeting up. The telegraph confirms that they'll meet. It seems like they used lights to find each other (The sky was the blankest sheet
We drew lines upon it
so our thoughts could meet"
"through cables black and cold
we carry our intentions to bridge
and bring home" is talking about the two ships sending the telegraphs to each other. The next part is about how communication affects their ability to show their intentions/ability to meet up.
The next verse talks about people in prison and people who create graffiti and how corruption is in places like the suburbs. Are these actions just destruction or just quiet protest
against loneliness?
In the third verse, their cargo is a person. I'm not sure who or what it is. Maybe a convict?
This song could be about two ships that harbor convicts and how the singer of the song has sympathy towards their actions ( is this destruction or just quiet protest
against loneliness?)
Two people or "ships" are meeting up. The telegraph confirms that they'll meet. It seems like they used lights to find each other (The sky was the blankest sheet We drew lines upon it so our thoughts could meet" "through cables black and cold we carry our intentions to bridge and bring home" is talking about the two ships sending the telegraphs to each other. The next part is about how communication affects their ability to show their intentions/ability to meet up.
The next verse talks about people in prison and people who create graffiti and how corruption is in places like the suburbs. Are these actions just destruction or just quiet protest against loneliness?
In the third verse, their cargo is a person. I'm not sure who or what it is. Maybe a convict?
This song could be about two ships that harbor convicts and how the singer of the song has sympathy towards their actions ( is this destruction or just quiet protest against loneliness?)