"an ultimate Light before all the lights go out".
"On sinking ground" --> "as you sink toward the weedy disarray of the bottom"
"What follows me as the whitest lace of light" --> "a quick blur of curved silver darting away"
"What follows has led me to this place/ where I belong with all erased" --> "leaving behind what you have already forgotten,"
So those were the connections that I created lyric-wise...
And the music video shows some sort of wonderland- like story that ends with them turning into confetti. which sort of fits in with the poem's message about noticing something irrelevant when you're about to die, as opposed to your life flashing before your eyes.
"...But if something does flash before your eyes/ as you go under, it will probably be a fish,/ a quick blur of curved silver darting away,/ having nothing to do with your life or your death/ The tide will take you, or the lake will accept it all/ as you sink toward the weedy disarray of the bottom./ leaving behind what you have already forgotten...."
I suppose this could all just be coincidence or I may just be trying too hard to make them fit together, but it seems like there are some big resemblances at least textually.">
Girl's Not Grey Meanings & Lyrics Discussion by annsipany | SongMeanings
"an ultimate Light before all the lights go out".
"On sinking ground" --> "as you sink toward the weedy disarray of the bottom"
"What follows me as the whitest lace of light" --> "a quick blur of curved silver darting away"
"What follows has led me to this place/ where I belong with all erased" --> "leaving behind what you have already forgotten,"
So those were the connections that I created lyric-wise...
And the music video shows some sort of wonderland- like story that ends with them turning into confetti. which sort of fits in with the poem's message about noticing something irrelevant when you're about to die, as opposed to your life flashing before your eyes.
"...But if something does flash before your eyes/ as you go under, it will probably be a fish,/ a quick blur of curved silver darting away,/ having nothing to do with your life or your death/ The tide will take you, or the lake will accept it all/ as you sink toward the weedy disarray of the bottom./ leaving behind what you have already forgotten...."
I suppose this could all just be coincidence or I may just be trying too hard to make them fit together, but it seems like there are some big resemblances at least textually." />
Hi, this is a bit late...
I started looking into this song for a poem analysis project in school, and I noticed a lot of similarities to this song and the poem "The Art of Drowning" by Billy Collins , which also happens to be the title of one of their other albums. I'm not sure how all of this fits in together, but I'll give it a shot.
The last line in the first verse mentions "This art does drown" , which I perceived as the first reference to the poem . And there seem to be several more allusions throughout the song
"While stars go out tonight" --> "an ultimate Light before all the lights go out".
"On sinking ground" --> "as you sink toward the weedy disarray of the bottom"
"What follows me as the whitest lace of light" --> "a quick blur of curved silver darting away"
"What follows has led me to this place/ where I belong with all erased" --> "leaving behind what you have already forgotten,"
So those were the connections that I created lyric-wise...
And the music video shows some sort of wonderland- like story that ends with them turning into confetti. which sort of fits in with the poem's message about noticing something irrelevant when you're about to die, as opposed to your life flashing before your eyes.
"...But if something does flash before your eyes/ as you go under, it will probably be a fish,/ a quick blur of curved silver darting away,/ having nothing to do with your life or your death/ The tide will take you, or the lake will accept it all/ as you sink toward the weedy disarray of the bottom./ leaving behind what you have already forgotten...."
I suppose this could all just be coincidence or I may just be trying too hard to make them fit together, but it seems like there are some big resemblances at least textually.
Hi, this is a bit late... I started looking into this song for a poem analysis project in school, and I noticed a lot of similarities to this song and the poem "The Art of Drowning" by Billy Collins , which also happens to be the title of one of their other albums. I'm not sure how all of this fits in together, but I'll give it a shot. The last line in the first verse mentions "This art does drown" , which I perceived as the first reference to the poem . And there seem to be several more allusions throughout the song "While stars go out tonight" --> "an ultimate Light before all the lights go out". "On sinking ground" --> "as you sink toward the weedy disarray of the bottom" "What follows me as the whitest lace of light" --> "a quick blur of curved silver darting away" "What follows has led me to this place/ where I belong with all erased" --> "leaving behind what you have already forgotten," So those were the connections that I created lyric-wise...
And the music video shows some sort of wonderland- like story that ends with them turning into confetti. which sort of fits in with the poem's message about noticing something irrelevant when you're about to die, as opposed to your life flashing before your eyes.
"...But if something does flash before your eyes/ as you go under, it will probably be a fish,/ a quick blur of curved silver darting away,/ having nothing to do with your life or your death/ The tide will take you, or the lake will accept it all/ as you sink toward the weedy disarray of the bottom./ leaving behind what you have already forgotten...."
I suppose this could all just be coincidence or I may just be trying too hard to make them fit together, but it seems like there are some big resemblances at least textually.
Works for me, thanks for the great reference and opinion.
Works for me, thanks for the great reference and opinion.