"And kissed his feet she fell
Her head an inch away from heaven
And her face pressed tight ." She is on her knees, face at his crotch. She has met with her lover and performs fallatio on him. (Wanting to keep this fairly PG-13, so I won't say anything more 'vulgar' even if it is appropos) Then he basically breaks up with her and leaves. And she is only left with her memories of him with the night shrieking horribly in her ears. The first mention of the night singing out like cockatoos is probably foreshadowing (and it balances out the lyrics, with one in the middle, one at thend, too, so if it wasn't deliberate foreshadowing it worked either way). This is how I always heard the song interpreted. The girl's in love with him, she greets him hungrily, then he dumps her. It is a horribly beautiful concept. Such cruelty and beauty. I love this song, but I tend to weep after hearing it (however, there are many songs by The Cure I wind up weeping to).
"And kissed his feet she fell Her head an inch away from heaven And her face pressed tight ." She is on her knees, face at his crotch. She has met with her lover and performs fallatio on him. (Wanting to keep this fairly PG-13, so I won't say anything more 'vulgar' even if it is appropos) Then he basically breaks up with her and leaves. And she is only left with her memories of him with the night shrieking horribly in her ears. The first mention of the night singing out like cockatoos is probably foreshadowing (and it balances out the lyrics, with one in the middle, one at thend, too, so if it wasn't deliberate foreshadowing it worked either way). This is how I always heard the song interpreted. The girl's in love with him, she greets him hungrily, then he dumps her. It is a horribly beautiful concept. Such cruelty and beauty. I love this song, but I tend to weep after hearing it (however, there are many songs by The Cure I wind up weeping to).