This is my favourite Sylvian song. I see the protagonist as being in a relationship that is breaking down, coming to an inevitable end. The bullfight is the posturing and manouvering of the couple, the arguments and fights. But running through the whole song is the sense that the singer still loves the partner, even though it is accepted that the relationship will end. He sings that ev en if he could live in a paradise (God-given fields) or a place of ultimate security and safety (mountains of steel) he will choose to stay with his partner until the very end, not through stubbornness or spite but in order to keep the relationship going for as long as possible. It's a beautiful, heartfelt song and the intricacies of the music in some way reflect the intricacies of any relationship. Its a wonderful song that I never get tired of listening to.
This is my favourite Sylvian song. I see the protagonist as being in a relationship that is breaking down, coming to an inevitable end. The bullfight is the posturing and manouvering of the couple, the arguments and fights. But running through the whole song is the sense that the singer still loves the partner, even though it is accepted that the relationship will end. He sings that ev en if he could live in a paradise (God-given fields) or a place of ultimate security and safety (mountains of steel) he will choose to stay with his partner until the very end, not through stubbornness or spite but in order to keep the relationship going for as long as possible. It's a beautiful, heartfelt song and the intricacies of the music in some way reflect the intricacies of any relationship. Its a wonderful song that I never get tired of listening to.
Michael, of http://simplysylvian.wordpress.com/