This is my absolute favorite song on the album! It is brilliant! The way he uses the figure of speech "to shoot oneself in the foot", to go against one's own interests/ to be self-destructive, in this case by saying things he shouldn't while he is drunk, and then using words to paint a picture of actually having shot himself in the foot. I'm not sure if I worded that right to express what I mean but I just think it's phenomenal!
Like, using the word loaded- loaded in the sense that he is drunk and loaded like a gun.
And, "And as the body succumbs, and my mouth goes numb,I limp out to the sound of, the breaking of broken toes". Limping cause he just shot himself in the foot...
Also, "And if I shoot at you, you should shoot at me too, And we can drown in pools of the thick dark words we threw, And as my face turns white, I apologise, I am sorry, it's not your fault,It's mine"- pools of words he just spewed out and pools of blood from the wound to the foot/ face turns white from the regret of what he just said and the loss of blood.
And then still also managing to tie it in to the nautical theme throughout the whole album: "And as the dam bursts open and you're drowned out boy Better go outside, sit in your boat and wait
'til you get washed away"
man...thanks stranger, for explaining this I think...And, "And as the body succumbs, and my mouth goes numb,I limp out to the sound of, the breaking of broken toes". Limping cause he just shot himself in the foot...
man...thanks stranger, for explaining this I think...And, "And as the body succumbs, and my mouth goes numb,I limp out to the sound of, the breaking of broken toes". Limping cause he just shot himself in the foot...
This is my absolute favorite song on the album! It is brilliant! The way he uses the figure of speech "to shoot oneself in the foot", to go against one's own interests/ to be self-destructive, in this case by saying things he shouldn't while he is drunk, and then using words to paint a picture of actually having shot himself in the foot. I'm not sure if I worded that right to express what I mean but I just think it's phenomenal!
Like, using the word loaded- loaded in the sense that he is drunk and loaded like a gun.
And, "And as the body succumbs, and my mouth goes numb,I limp out to the sound of, the breaking of broken toes". Limping cause he just shot himself in the foot...
Also, "And if I shoot at you, you should shoot at me too, And we can drown in pools of the thick dark words we threw, And as my face turns white, I apologise, I am sorry, it's not your fault,It's mine"- pools of words he just spewed out and pools of blood from the wound to the foot/ face turns white from the regret of what he just said and the loss of blood.
And then still also managing to tie it in to the nautical theme throughout the whole album: "And as the dam bursts open and you're drowned out boy Better go outside, sit in your boat and wait 'til you get washed away"
I love it. I think he is an amazing lyricist.
man...thanks stranger, for explaining this I think...And, "And as the body succumbs, and my mouth goes numb,I limp out to the sound of, the breaking of broken toes". Limping cause he just shot himself in the foot...
man...thanks stranger, for explaining this I think...And, "And as the body succumbs, and my mouth goes numb,I limp out to the sound of, the breaking of broken toes". Limping cause he just shot himself in the foot...
Thanks for appreciating my interpretation :)
Thanks for appreciating my interpretation :)