I really enjoy this song. I was introduced to them through Radiohead when the Other Lives opened for them here in Co. Listening to this song, I feel whats being emoted is desolation. This song, for me, tells story of a character(whether that be Tabish, neighbor,etc) that has lost him/herself and the thing that once allowed one to identify with those around them. The song carries on with this theme, in that, the character is trying to find its way back or simply out of a mind full of fiction, false reality, fraudulent mind, or something that isn't innately real to the character. I think that this character has gotten caught up in superficialities or has done something that isn't a reflection of who the character is innately.
"Spouting hymns and buzzing rhymes" this character says what wants to be heard whether that be something pleasant, optimistic, etc, its simply what other want to be hearing. "Forever talking when it aint so kind," the character isn't being kind to oneself in that its not being true, saying whats wanted or more easily accepted by others instead of whats really on its mind. "Nudging the ghost from the skull, a night without sleep," the character knows where its self is and trying to coax it out, i.e be more comfortable in its own skin but spends hours to no avail. "Vibration comes first to the head last to the feet," I love this, every action first requires a thought/command. The character is trying to kick start itself into what needs to be done and does so it as listed.
I really enjoy this song. I was introduced to them through Radiohead when the Other Lives opened for them here in Co. Listening to this song, I feel whats being emoted is desolation. This song, for me, tells story of a character(whether that be Tabish, neighbor,etc) that has lost him/herself and the thing that once allowed one to identify with those around them. The song carries on with this theme, in that, the character is trying to find its way back or simply out of a mind full of fiction, false reality, fraudulent mind, or something that isn't innately real to the character. I think that this character has gotten caught up in superficialities or has done something that isn't a reflection of who the character is innately.
"Spouting hymns and buzzing rhymes" this character says what wants to be heard whether that be something pleasant, optimistic, etc, its simply what other want to be hearing. "Forever talking when it aint so kind," the character isn't being kind to oneself in that its not being true, saying whats wanted or more easily accepted by others instead of whats really on its mind. "Nudging the ghost from the skull, a night without sleep," the character knows where its self is and trying to coax it out, i.e be more comfortable in its own skin but spends hours to no avail. "Vibration comes first to the head last to the feet," I love this, every action first requires a thought/command. The character is trying to kick start itself into what needs to be done and does so it as listed.