I love this song. I've read through the lyrics of this song and hope I am interpreting this correctly.
"You, you and i made a pact
a deal that as we lay dying
we'd think about each other then
and smile as we're taken in"
--I think this part is pretty straight forward. Two people made a pact with one another. A deal between good friends, or two lovers(I would lean more toward lovers considering the second verse, and how I interpret that), that when they got to their final moment in life, they would think on the other person and smile(and presumable be joyful at the thought) as they died.
"I, i listened like a little child
to the story of your earthbound pilot
he plummeted so violent
a parachute not opening
and rushing to oblivion
he broke into that knowing grin"
-- This part required a bit more thinking. I would assume the "Earthbound pilot" would be the other persons father(since it is mentioned that it is a "he"). The man singing is listening to a story of his lovers father. This person(the woman's father), has also made the same pact with someone(since he breaks into "that knowing grin"). We can assume that he committed suicide, or caused his death through his own means(drugs, drinking, etc). He plummets fast and violently, with no one to help or save him. His "parachute"(this imagery is important and used again at the end of the song) does not open, therefore no one was there to save him. However, despite the fact that is was quickly rushing to his own demise(ie- oblivion), he thought about the person he made a pact with and was able to smile at his death.
I, i think about that a lot
cause a lot is what i've not got
and a smile is what i least expect
in the clutches of this darkness
-- The singer of the song is focused on her fathers story. He does not have a lot of time left(according to his own admission), and we can assume he is on the same path as the woman's father. He is surrounded by darkness. The reason he is thinking about the father, is b/c he wonder's if he will be able to smile(its what he least expects), as he dies.
You, you i was surprised to hear
your birdsong velvet in my ear
the phone broke its silent stint
i pulled the cord and i needed it
you billowed like a bowl of silk
and slowed me from my ruining
--The phone rings( and we can assume it has not rung in quite some time) He is surprised to hear the voice of his lover(or friend, depending on the interpretation). He describes her voice as something pleasurable to hear, and he wants desperately to hear her. We come back to the parachute imagery. He pulls the chord of his "parachute"(his lover), and she saves him from dieing. This is in direct contrast to her father, whose parachute did not open(his lover was not there). The singer does not need to think of her as he is dieing, b/c she was there for him, to save him.
I love this song. I've read through the lyrics of this song and hope I am interpreting this correctly.
"You, you and i made a pact a deal that as we lay dying we'd think about each other then and smile as we're taken in" --I think this part is pretty straight forward. Two people made a pact with one another. A deal between good friends, or two lovers(I would lean more toward lovers considering the second verse, and how I interpret that), that when they got to their final moment in life, they would think on the other person and smile(and presumable be joyful at the thought) as they died.
"I, i listened like a little child to the story of your earthbound pilot he plummeted so violent a parachute not opening and rushing to oblivion he broke into that knowing grin" -- This part required a bit more thinking. I would assume the "Earthbound pilot" would be the other persons father(since it is mentioned that it is a "he"). The man singing is listening to a story of his lovers father. This person(the woman's father), has also made the same pact with someone(since he breaks into "that knowing grin"). We can assume that he committed suicide, or caused his death through his own means(drugs, drinking, etc). He plummets fast and violently, with no one to help or save him. His "parachute"(this imagery is important and used again at the end of the song) does not open, therefore no one was there to save him. However, despite the fact that is was quickly rushing to his own demise(ie- oblivion), he thought about the person he made a pact with and was able to smile at his death.
I, i think about that a lot cause a lot is what i've not got and a smile is what i least expect in the clutches of this darkness -- The singer of the song is focused on her fathers story. He does not have a lot of time left(according to his own admission), and we can assume he is on the same path as the woman's father. He is surrounded by darkness. The reason he is thinking about the father, is b/c he wonder's if he will be able to smile(its what he least expects), as he dies.
You, you i was surprised to hear your birdsong velvet in my ear the phone broke its silent stint i pulled the cord and i needed it you billowed like a bowl of silk and slowed me from my ruining --The phone rings( and we can assume it has not rung in quite some time) He is surprised to hear the voice of his lover(or friend, depending on the interpretation). He describes her voice as something pleasurable to hear, and he wants desperately to hear her. We come back to the parachute imagery. He pulls the chord of his "parachute"(his lover), and she saves him from dieing. This is in direct contrast to her father, whose parachute did not open(his lover was not there). The singer does not need to think of her as he is dieing, b/c she was there for him, to save him.