Always loved this song.. its about true love between an elderly couple, looking back over their life together.
The word 'line' used in the song seems to me to be a pun.. it refers not only to the wrinkles on their faces, but to the experiences that they had together, where each one is written down as a 'line', perhaps in some biography or memoir.
"You'll never hear the crack of a frown when you are here" is very gnomic.. like so many of Heaton's lyrics. Does it mean they never smile anymore.. as if they're sad? Or does it mean they're so happy that the frown is absent.. now that they're old, satisfied and coming towards the end of their life? One thought I had was that maybe these closing lyrics refer to a time after death, when they have passed over to a happier place followig their journey through life together...
In the closing verse, he could be relating the lines on their faces to the memories again, effectively saying that although they're old and wrinkled and somewhat unattractive, their memories (written as 'lines') will never fade.. just like the 'lines' on their faces :)
In the closing verse, he could be relating the lines on their faces to the memories again, effectively saying that although they're old and wrinkled and somewhat unattractive, their memories (written as 'lines') will never fade.. just like the 'lines' on their faces :)
Always loved this song.. its about true love between an elderly couple, looking back over their life together.
The word 'line' used in the song seems to me to be a pun.. it refers not only to the wrinkles on their faces, but to the experiences that they had together, where each one is written down as a 'line', perhaps in some biography or memoir.
"You'll never hear the crack of a frown when you are here" is very gnomic.. like so many of Heaton's lyrics. Does it mean they never smile anymore.. as if they're sad? Or does it mean they're so happy that the frown is absent.. now that they're old, satisfied and coming towards the end of their life? One thought I had was that maybe these closing lyrics refer to a time after death, when they have passed over to a happier place followig their journey through life together...
Just one further thought...
Just one further thought...
In the closing verse, he could be relating the lines on their faces to the memories again, effectively saying that although they're old and wrinkled and somewhat unattractive, their memories (written as 'lines') will never fade.. just like the 'lines' on their faces :)
In the closing verse, he could be relating the lines on their faces to the memories again, effectively saying that although they're old and wrinkled and somewhat unattractive, their memories (written as 'lines') will never fade.. just like the 'lines' on their faces :)