wow, what an amazing song by an amazing poet and artist. the stories and imagery that neko is able to expose in such detail and so concisely are truly mesmerizing. i always find myself repeating so many of her songs over and over because some(most) of them convey so much with so little! i mean this song is only 2 1/2 minutes...and has so much going on. i love the above interpretations, they've helped me come to my conclusion.
what i loved at first about this song was the imagery of his 'hand in her pocked, and how they swayed from side to side', and at first i thought that it was her and him that were swaying side to side, being all smitten and in love. however, after examining the lyrics, it was the trees that were swaying from side to side! when he was still 'in her pocket' they were alive, and now that he's gone they've gone quiet. it also suggests that it's winter at the time she's writing this and revisiting this moment/relationship. hence the snowy eye.
i also love that she repeats 'sees a different night' since she's talking about both the meddling sky as well as her snowy eye, that see a different night. and the night she sees differently is the night when she fell into the lion's jaws. the above interpretation by ginintonic is a really great explanation, and totally makes sense. i wouldn't say i know for a fact that neko's a nature geek, but nature does play a big role in her writing so i bet that hypothesis is not far off. and i would tie in nostalgicbadger's take on it, that it's something that she regrets. possibly a one night stand or something.
wow, what an amazing song by an amazing poet and artist. the stories and imagery that neko is able to expose in such detail and so concisely are truly mesmerizing. i always find myself repeating so many of her songs over and over because some(most) of them convey so much with so little! i mean this song is only 2 1/2 minutes...and has so much going on. i love the above interpretations, they've helped me come to my conclusion.
what i loved at first about this song was the imagery of his 'hand in her pocked, and how they swayed from side to side', and at first i thought that it was her and him that were swaying side to side, being all smitten and in love. however, after examining the lyrics, it was the trees that were swaying from side to side! when he was still 'in her pocket' they were alive, and now that he's gone they've gone quiet. it also suggests that it's winter at the time she's writing this and revisiting this moment/relationship. hence the snowy eye.
i also love that she repeats 'sees a different night' since she's talking about both the meddling sky as well as her snowy eye, that see a different night. and the night she sees differently is the night when she fell into the lion's jaws. the above interpretation by ginintonic is a really great explanation, and totally makes sense. i wouldn't say i know for a fact that neko's a nature geek, but nature does play a big role in her writing so i bet that hypothesis is not far off. and i would tie in nostalgicbadger's take on it, that it's something that she regrets. possibly a one night stand or something.