let me preface this by saying that i love the entire new album. BUT, this song stopped me in my tracks...it is so effing beautiful and haunting.
here's my stab at the meaning, for what it's worth. i think it is the speaker's attempt to rewrite history. this rewritten history is encased in a codex (thus the title). in this history, what was once a "slight of hand", meaning a trick done by or onto him, is then changed to "slide of hand", which to me gives the connotation of affection or tender touch. before he changes it, he says (and seemingly needs to believe) that "no one gets hurt". it's likely that in the true story of things, this is NOT the case. i think the water references could be the cleansing force... but in my humble opinion, i think maybe it's tears.
i am probably way off, but that's my initial reaction to it.
I like your theory about it. Especially the "slight of hand"...to ..."slide of hand" part being wrongs he's done to perhaps changing to tenderness or maybe reaching out? And I think you could be correct on both with the cleansing force of the water/lake. It could be cleansing as in washing away "sins" ...but it could be also be tears...(maybe a nod to a 'cry a river of tears' phrase??) which also happen to be cleansing for the soul as well. So works both ways I think.
I like your theory about it. Especially the "slight of hand"...to ..."slide of hand" part being wrongs he's done to perhaps changing to tenderness or maybe reaching out? And I think you could be correct on both with the cleansing force of the water/lake. It could be cleansing as in washing away "sins" ...but it could be also be tears...(maybe a nod to a 'cry a river of tears' phrase??) which also happen to be cleansing for the soul as well. So works both ways I think.
let me preface this by saying that i love the entire new album. BUT, this song stopped me in my tracks...it is so effing beautiful and haunting.
here's my stab at the meaning, for what it's worth. i think it is the speaker's attempt to rewrite history. this rewritten history is encased in a codex (thus the title). in this history, what was once a "slight of hand", meaning a trick done by or onto him, is then changed to "slide of hand", which to me gives the connotation of affection or tender touch. before he changes it, he says (and seemingly needs to believe) that "no one gets hurt". it's likely that in the true story of things, this is NOT the case. i think the water references could be the cleansing force... but in my humble opinion, i think maybe it's tears.
i am probably way off, but that's my initial reaction to it.
I like your theory about it. Especially the "slight of hand"...to ..."slide of hand" part being wrongs he's done to perhaps changing to tenderness or maybe reaching out? And I think you could be correct on both with the cleansing force of the water/lake. It could be cleansing as in washing away "sins" ...but it could be also be tears...(maybe a nod to a 'cry a river of tears' phrase??) which also happen to be cleansing for the soul as well. So works both ways I think.
I like your theory about it. Especially the "slight of hand"...to ..."slide of hand" part being wrongs he's done to perhaps changing to tenderness or maybe reaching out? And I think you could be correct on both with the cleansing force of the water/lake. It could be cleansing as in washing away "sins" ...but it could be also be tears...(maybe a nod to a 'cry a river of tears' phrase??) which also happen to be cleansing for the soul as well. So works both ways I think.