The correct lyrics are extremely important for understanding these rather poetic lyrics. The lyrics are describing a highly emotional situation; well I should say a situation where one person is highly emotional and the other person has taken a removed, dry, upper hand position where they can sit more comfortably in a position that allows them to feign a lack of emotions.
I could well be wrong but I believe the author of these lyrics is describing a romantic break-up. The vital lyrical clue would be the difference between the lyrics written above "the perfect glare" versus the actual lyrics on the liner notes of the CD "the perfect cleft".
The word cleft it means: Adjective: Split, divided, or partially divided into two. Noun: A fissure or split, esp. one in rock or the ground.
Therefore I believe this song is about one person being upset and asking what are the reasons for wanting the break up, with the answer from the author being a rather cold "this is a waste of time, my mind is made up, just move on."
On second thought, the author of these lyrics is not emotionally detached at all, the author is extemely disappointed, resentful and probably angry too. So the pleading protesting of the person who the author feels betrayed by, just leaves the author feeling cold, misunderstood, and the division between them becomes even wider. The author initiated the break up due to a difference between them, and when the protestor doesn't see the difference, doesn't acknowledge the difference, doesn't understand what they did wrong, that just serves as evidence to the author of how unsuited they are for each other.
On second thought, the author of these lyrics is not emotionally detached at all, the author is extemely disappointed, resentful and probably angry too. So the pleading protesting of the person who the author feels betrayed by, just leaves the author feeling cold, misunderstood, and the division between them becomes even wider. The author initiated the break up due to a difference between them, and when the protestor doesn't see the difference, doesn't acknowledge the difference, doesn't understand what they did wrong, that just serves as evidence to the author of how unsuited they are for each other.
The correct lyrics are extremely important for understanding these rather poetic lyrics. The lyrics are describing a highly emotional situation; well I should say a situation where one person is highly emotional and the other person has taken a removed, dry, upper hand position where they can sit more comfortably in a position that allows them to feign a lack of emotions.
I could well be wrong but I believe the author of these lyrics is describing a romantic break-up. The vital lyrical clue would be the difference between the lyrics written above "the perfect glare" versus the actual lyrics on the liner notes of the CD "the perfect cleft".
The word cleft it means: Adjective: Split, divided, or partially divided into two. Noun: A fissure or split, esp. one in rock or the ground.
Therefore I believe this song is about one person being upset and asking what are the reasons for wanting the break up, with the answer from the author being a rather cold "this is a waste of time, my mind is made up, just move on."
On second thought, the author of these lyrics is not emotionally detached at all, the author is extemely disappointed, resentful and probably angry too. So the pleading protesting of the person who the author feels betrayed by, just leaves the author feeling cold, misunderstood, and the division between them becomes even wider. The author initiated the break up due to a difference between them, and when the protestor doesn't see the difference, doesn't acknowledge the difference, doesn't understand what they did wrong, that just serves as evidence to the author of how unsuited they are for each other.
On second thought, the author of these lyrics is not emotionally detached at all, the author is extemely disappointed, resentful and probably angry too. So the pleading protesting of the person who the author feels betrayed by, just leaves the author feeling cold, misunderstood, and the division between them becomes even wider. The author initiated the break up due to a difference between them, and when the protestor doesn't see the difference, doesn't acknowledge the difference, doesn't understand what they did wrong, that just serves as evidence to the author of how unsuited they are for each other.