I believe this song is about the twin deaf brothers Marc and Eddy Verbessum from Belgium. They were told by their doctor that they would be going blind as well so they asked to be euthanized (this is legal in Belgium) and they found a doctor that would go along with their wish. Normally this is only allowed if the condition is terimal or there is excruciating pain, but their reason was that they could not live with the fact that they would not be able to see each other; they relied on one another for everything and hardly knew anyone besides family.
The song may be about someone one of the band member(s) know as well, a known case of Marc and Eddy, or maybe just a made up story of a part of Marc and Eddy's childhood since the lyrics have "kids."
@dancingjukebox "The video for Top Notch is suitably creepy. How happy are you with it?
@dancingjukebox "The video for Top Notch is suitably creepy. How happy are you with it?
I think it’s really, really weird and awesome. It’s totally outside the box, the subject matter of that song being about two twin deaf brothers and a house that’s burning down and then realising that one of them is gonna make it and the others not. This video is like one weird Requiem Of A Dream close shot of their lives."
http://www.northernnoise.co.uk/featured/interview-andy-hull-manchester-orchestra/5982
I think it’s really, really weird and awesome. It’s totally outside the box, the subject matter of that song being about two twin deaf brothers and a house that’s burning down and then realising that one of them is gonna make it and the others not. This video is like one weird Requiem Of A Dream close shot of their lives."
http://www.northernnoise.co.uk/featured/interview-andy-hull-manchester-orchestra/5982
I believe this song is about the twin deaf brothers Marc and Eddy Verbessum from Belgium. They were told by their doctor that they would be going blind as well so they asked to be euthanized (this is legal in Belgium) and they found a doctor that would go along with their wish. Normally this is only allowed if the condition is terimal or there is excruciating pain, but their reason was that they could not live with the fact that they would not be able to see each other; they relied on one another for everything and hardly knew anyone besides family.
The song may be about someone one of the band member(s) know as well, a known case of Marc and Eddy, or maybe just a made up story of a part of Marc and Eddy's childhood since the lyrics have "kids."
I don't know if it's quite that obscure. Seems to me it's more about a pair of twins that die in a housefire trapped in the closet.
I don't know if it's quite that obscure. Seems to me it's more about a pair of twins that die in a housefire trapped in the closet.
@dancingjukebox "The video for Top Notch is suitably creepy. How happy are you with it?
@dancingjukebox "The video for Top Notch is suitably creepy. How happy are you with it?
I think it’s really, really weird and awesome. It’s totally outside the box, the subject matter of that song being about two twin deaf brothers and a house that’s burning down and then realising that one of them is gonna make it and the others not. This video is like one weird Requiem Of A Dream close shot of their lives." http://www.northernnoise.co.uk/featured/interview-andy-hull-manchester-orchestra/5982
I think it’s really, really weird and awesome. It’s totally outside the box, the subject matter of that song being about two twin deaf brothers and a house that’s burning down and then realising that one of them is gonna make it and the others not. This video is like one weird Requiem Of A Dream close shot of their lives." http://www.northernnoise.co.uk/featured/interview-andy-hull-manchester-orchestra/5982