I see it as a story of two people in love who decide to take off on their own, leaving everything they know behind. The beginning, obviously, introduces this girl who blows the young man away. This part:
"So don't look homeward angel from that rumble seat
I can strum twice and make it all go away,"
as well as the repeated mention of dancing/running across the yellow sun, evokes images for me of the two of them driving through the desert together, yellow sun in the sky, not wanting to look back (for those unaware, a "rumble seat" is the fold-out back seat that cars used to have in the 1930s, probably used with some creative license here). He's head-over-heels for her, and wants to escape whatever their lives were previously and find something new and different and better.
The last stanza I'm not entirely sure of, but to me it suggests that at the end of their journey, they reach a cliff:
"I know he drove her out out to the brink
That's where they stood and looked down"
My interpretation of what happens next (and this may be pretty contentious) is that they jump.
"Right then he made a decision
That's where they made a division
Declaring war on the weather
A reckless pact with forever
So come on and sing
Sing hallelujah
Right now."
He makes the decision that they can't go back to where they were before. "That's where they made a division" may be a playful way of saying they separated themselves from the cliff they stood on (or perhaps something greater, like dividing themselves from the rest of society) and made "a reckless pact with forever" (which may be death, or whatever you think happens next). "Sing hallelujah" sort of fits in with the suggestion that they gave themselves up to death, or whatever else.
Ironically, the one thing I don't get a clear meaning from is the "devil in stitches" bit. It evokes a bit of Americana imagery for me, which is enhanced by the musical feel of the song, but I don't have a concise literary explanation for it.
This is a Brett song right? So it's ABOUT a relationship but that's not what it's about. Graffin is the one that writes the explicitly informational tunes. Brett writes the emotional expansive metaphors ala Generator. I'm pretty confident that this song has a larger subtext to it. Granted I have no idea what's beneath it and probably will not considering Brett is pretty reluctant to explain his shit (he's divulged that Generator is about God. Thats it) but this song seems a little vapid if there isn't anything beneath the surface.
This is a Brett song right? So it's ABOUT a relationship but that's not what it's about. Graffin is the one that writes the explicitly informational tunes. Brett writes the emotional expansive metaphors ala Generator. I'm pretty confident that this song has a larger subtext to it. Granted I have no idea what's beneath it and probably will not considering Brett is pretty reluctant to explain his shit (he's divulged that Generator is about God. Thats it) but this song seems a little vapid if there isn't anything beneath the surface.
@Brosnan based on the use of the word "perform" and the paperback crime I think the devil literally means the christian interpretation of satan. perhaps these two lovers are "sinners" in the christian sense. maybe they\'re running away to escape religious homes
@Brosnan based on the use of the word "perform" and the paperback crime I think the devil literally means the christian interpretation of satan. perhaps these two lovers are "sinners" in the christian sense. maybe they\'re running away to escape religious homes
I see it as a story of two people in love who decide to take off on their own, leaving everything they know behind. The beginning, obviously, introduces this girl who blows the young man away. This part:
"So don't look homeward angel from that rumble seat I can strum twice and make it all go away,"
as well as the repeated mention of dancing/running across the yellow sun, evokes images for me of the two of them driving through the desert together, yellow sun in the sky, not wanting to look back (for those unaware, a "rumble seat" is the fold-out back seat that cars used to have in the 1930s, probably used with some creative license here). He's head-over-heels for her, and wants to escape whatever their lives were previously and find something new and different and better.
The last stanza I'm not entirely sure of, but to me it suggests that at the end of their journey, they reach a cliff:
"I know he drove her out out to the brink That's where they stood and looked down"
My interpretation of what happens next (and this may be pretty contentious) is that they jump.
"Right then he made a decision That's where they made a division Declaring war on the weather A reckless pact with forever So come on and sing Sing hallelujah Right now."
He makes the decision that they can't go back to where they were before. "That's where they made a division" may be a playful way of saying they separated themselves from the cliff they stood on (or perhaps something greater, like dividing themselves from the rest of society) and made "a reckless pact with forever" (which may be death, or whatever you think happens next). "Sing hallelujah" sort of fits in with the suggestion that they gave themselves up to death, or whatever else.
Ironically, the one thing I don't get a clear meaning from is the "devil in stitches" bit. It evokes a bit of Americana imagery for me, which is enhanced by the musical feel of the song, but I don't have a concise literary explanation for it.
This is a Brett song right? So it's ABOUT a relationship but that's not what it's about. Graffin is the one that writes the explicitly informational tunes. Brett writes the emotional expansive metaphors ala Generator. I'm pretty confident that this song has a larger subtext to it. Granted I have no idea what's beneath it and probably will not considering Brett is pretty reluctant to explain his shit (he's divulged that Generator is about God. Thats it) but this song seems a little vapid if there isn't anything beneath the surface.
This is a Brett song right? So it's ABOUT a relationship but that's not what it's about. Graffin is the one that writes the explicitly informational tunes. Brett writes the emotional expansive metaphors ala Generator. I'm pretty confident that this song has a larger subtext to it. Granted I have no idea what's beneath it and probably will not considering Brett is pretty reluctant to explain his shit (he's divulged that Generator is about God. Thats it) but this song seems a little vapid if there isn't anything beneath the surface.
The devil in stitches only has his fun performing for the chosen one - we can run -
The devil in stitches only has his fun performing for the chosen one - we can run -
In stitches (laughing, having a good time) - performing for the chosen one (someone else - someone "important" - someone who is not those two)
In stitches (laughing, having a good time) - performing for the chosen one (someone else - someone "important" - someone who is not those two)
It means "what's going to happen to us? let's get into some fun!"
It means "what's going to happen to us? let's get into some fun!"
@Brosnan based on the use of the word "perform" and the paperback crime I think the devil literally means the christian interpretation of satan. perhaps these two lovers are "sinners" in the christian sense. maybe they\'re running away to escape religious homes
@Brosnan based on the use of the word "perform" and the paperback crime I think the devil literally means the christian interpretation of satan. perhaps these two lovers are "sinners" in the christian sense. maybe they\'re running away to escape religious homes