I've always believed this was about him discovering someone cheating on him.
He's been blindsided by his lover cheating on him. He bikes down to downtown, to "the lockdown," to a poor area, maybe. He crouches beneath the window sill of the house of her or her supposed lover. For all the agony it will cause him to see this, he would rather know. So he peeks in. He's not really like this, it's not really like him to do something like this. "I'm probably plight-less." He's trying to convince himself that he's overreacting, she's probably not cheating, he might have just made up all the signs. He cups the window, he wants to know, would you really rush out like that? would you really cheat on me? Then he finds out.
She is cheating on him with someone else. He walks down to the shoreline to work it out. "The end of a blood line." He was thinking of having a family with her, but all those thoughts are gone now.
I love the little detail of the first few times being "I am blindsided," and then the last ones instead saying "I was blindsided." He was blindsided, but now he knows.
I really like this interpretation. But I think that when he says "The end of a bloodline." He is referring to himself. I think that he is about to commit suicide. Beforehand, he says: "Would you really rush out for me now?". He is questioning everything she promised him and if she would really care now that he is going to end his life and if she would "rush out" and try to stop him. And I think that it changes from "I am blindsided" to "I was blindsided" at the end to signify his death. He "was" blinded by...
I really like this interpretation. But I think that when he says "The end of a bloodline." He is referring to himself. I think that he is about to commit suicide. Beforehand, he says: "Would you really rush out for me now?". He is questioning everything she promised him and if she would really care now that he is going to end his life and if she would "rush out" and try to stop him. And I think that it changes from "I am blindsided" to "I was blindsided" at the end to signify his death. He "was" blinded by her and by love.
@llscience Yea this is exactly what I've always thought the song was about. It's pretty clear he discovers tragic that he wasn't expecting, hence the title of the song. It's also pretty clear from the bridge (Would you really rush out), that the discovery involves a person who he wonders whether or not they care for him anymore. I think the end is a bit more harrowing than you described, though just is just my interpretation.
@llscience Yea this is exactly what I've always thought the song was about. It's pretty clear he discovers tragic that he wasn't expecting, hence the title of the song. It's also pretty clear from the bridge (Would you really rush out), that the discovery involves a person who he wonders whether or not they care for him anymore. I think the end is a bit more harrowing than you described, though just is just my interpretation.
It sounds like he's hanging himself off a dock to me.
"taut line, down to the shoreline" would be the rope he's on. "The end...
It sounds like he's hanging himself off a dock to me.
"taut line, down to the shoreline" would be the rope he's on. "The end of a bloodline" is self-explanatory and "the moon..." is painting a grim picture of him being there at night. "there's a pull to the flow, my feet melt the snow" i would guess refers to gravity's pull on his blood flow, down to his feet which are therefore warmed and thus melt the snow falling on them. Granted, why would he take his shoes off if it was snowing? don't know. But yea, brutal song either way.
I've always believed this was about him discovering someone cheating on him.
He's been blindsided by his lover cheating on him. He bikes down to downtown, to "the lockdown," to a poor area, maybe. He crouches beneath the window sill of the house of her or her supposed lover. For all the agony it will cause him to see this, he would rather know. So he peeks in. He's not really like this, it's not really like him to do something like this. "I'm probably plight-less." He's trying to convince himself that he's overreacting, she's probably not cheating, he might have just made up all the signs. He cups the window, he wants to know, would you really rush out like that? would you really cheat on me? Then he finds out.
She is cheating on him with someone else. He walks down to the shoreline to work it out. "The end of a blood line." He was thinking of having a family with her, but all those thoughts are gone now.
I love the little detail of the first few times being "I am blindsided," and then the last ones instead saying "I was blindsided." He was blindsided, but now he knows.
I really like this interpretation. But I think that when he says "The end of a bloodline." He is referring to himself. I think that he is about to commit suicide. Beforehand, he says: "Would you really rush out for me now?". He is questioning everything she promised him and if she would really care now that he is going to end his life and if she would "rush out" and try to stop him. And I think that it changes from "I am blindsided" to "I was blindsided" at the end to signify his death. He "was" blinded by...
I really like this interpretation. But I think that when he says "The end of a bloodline." He is referring to himself. I think that he is about to commit suicide. Beforehand, he says: "Would you really rush out for me now?". He is questioning everything she promised him and if she would really care now that he is going to end his life and if she would "rush out" and try to stop him. And I think that it changes from "I am blindsided" to "I was blindsided" at the end to signify his death. He "was" blinded by her and by love.
Your interpretation is perfect. And I just had a brilliant thought - I think the lyrics are:
Your interpretation is perfect. And I just had a brilliant thought - I think the lyrics are:
"Peek in, into the pair in." - the pair of lovers inside.
"Peek in, into the pair in." - the pair of lovers inside.
@llscience Yea this is exactly what I've always thought the song was about. It's pretty clear he discovers tragic that he wasn't expecting, hence the title of the song. It's also pretty clear from the bridge (Would you really rush out), that the discovery involves a person who he wonders whether or not they care for him anymore. I think the end is a bit more harrowing than you described, though just is just my interpretation.
@llscience Yea this is exactly what I've always thought the song was about. It's pretty clear he discovers tragic that he wasn't expecting, hence the title of the song. It's also pretty clear from the bridge (Would you really rush out), that the discovery involves a person who he wonders whether or not they care for him anymore. I think the end is a bit more harrowing than you described, though just is just my interpretation.
It sounds like he's hanging himself off a dock to me. "taut line, down to the shoreline" would be the rope he's on. "The end...
It sounds like he's hanging himself off a dock to me. "taut line, down to the shoreline" would be the rope he's on. "The end of a bloodline" is self-explanatory and "the moon..." is painting a grim picture of him being there at night. "there's a pull to the flow, my feet melt the snow" i would guess refers to gravity's pull on his blood flow, down to his feet which are therefore warmed and thus melt the snow falling on them. Granted, why would he take his shoes off if it was snowing? don't know. But yea, brutal song either way.