Deep Dark Truthful Mirror Lyrics

Lyric discussion by james708463134 

Cover art for Deep Dark Truthful Mirror lyrics by Elvis Costello

"the butterfly feeds on a dead monkey's hand" wtf?

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EC: "This is a real image from a nature film I saw once on TV. I wanted to get across here that the character’s hallucinating."

"I showed everybody the lyrics and I explained it in simple terms, so there was absolutely no ambiguity in the meaning of it. I said ‘Here's a drunk guy, he's on his way home, he won't go home, he's chasing something that isn't there. He won't admit his problem and he starts to hallucinate.’ It's a simple thing.

"Now, if I wrote that on the sleeve it would take away...