"Oh where are you now
Pussy willow that smiled on this leaf?
When I was alone you promised the stone from your heart
My head kissed the ground"
Perhaps he's expressing confusion about the loss of something or someone beautiful and delicate in this opening.
"When I was alone you promised the stone from your heart
My head kissed the ground"
In a time of solitude, someone offered him solid, unchanging affection but when it was taken away, he suffered ann emotional collapse and was hurt.
"I was half the way down, treading the sand
Please, please, lift a hand"
Floundering and trying to regain his composure he begs for help.
"I'm only a person whose armbands beat
On his hands, hang tall
Won't you miss me?
Wouldn't you miss me at all?"
Hmm. This reminds me of when one wears water wings or has a sphygmomanometer cuff on tightly and the pressure makes your hands throb. Hang tall is an odd phrase. Could it be a slangy way of saying "stay strong"? Then, obviously, he's asking, with a quavering sense of doubt, whether this other person cares enough about him to notice his absence or the disappearance of his inner essence.
"The poppy birds way"
Is he considering the use of opiates to numb his angst?
"Swing twigs coffee brands around"
A quite thought-disordered line. No idea at all about this one.
"Brandish her wand with a feathery tongue"
Could this fianally be the help and gentleness that he needs? Perhaps not, the struggling and plea for help comes again with the repeated line...
"I was half the way down, treading the sand
Please, please, please lift the hand"
"I'm only a person with Eskimo chain
I tattooed my brain all the way..."
An eskimo chain implies a cold, hard restraint. Is he then frightened that he's caused a permanent change to his brain with something? LSD, anxiety, unrequited love?
All this 6th form rubbish I've just written goes to prove that one can't use the clumsy 'crossword solving approach to Syd's impressionistic lyrics. The
"Oh where are you now Pussy willow that smiled on this leaf? When I was alone you promised the stone from your heart My head kissed the ground"
Perhaps he's expressing confusion about the loss of something or someone beautiful and delicate in this opening.
"When I was alone you promised the stone from your heart My head kissed the ground"
In a time of solitude, someone offered him solid, unchanging affection but when it was taken away, he suffered ann emotional collapse and was hurt.
"I was half the way down, treading the sand Please, please, lift a hand"
Floundering and trying to regain his composure he begs for help.
"I'm only a person whose armbands beat On his hands, hang tall Won't you miss me? Wouldn't you miss me at all?"
Hmm. This reminds me of when one wears water wings or has a sphygmomanometer cuff on tightly and the pressure makes your hands throb. Hang tall is an odd phrase. Could it be a slangy way of saying "stay strong"? Then, obviously, he's asking, with a quavering sense of doubt, whether this other person cares enough about him to notice his absence or the disappearance of his inner essence.
"The poppy birds way"
Is he considering the use of opiates to numb his angst?
"Swing twigs coffee brands around"
A quite thought-disordered line. No idea at all about this one.
"Brandish her wand with a feathery tongue"
Could this fianally be the help and gentleness that he needs? Perhaps not, the struggling and plea for help comes again with the repeated line...
"I was half the way down, treading the sand Please, please, please lift the hand"
"I'm only a person with Eskimo chain I tattooed my brain all the way..."
An eskimo chain implies a cold, hard restraint. Is he then frightened that he's caused a permanent change to his brain with something? LSD, anxiety, unrequited love?
All this 6th form rubbish I've just written goes to prove that one can't use the clumsy 'crossword solving approach to Syd's impressionistic lyrics. The