I waited by your bedside and couldn't close my eyes all night. I named you like a prayer. It's anybody's guess how the angel of doubt came down and crept into your bed. But after we danced to the shipping forecast the words escaped your mouth: "I know it's godda stop, love, but I don't know how".
This guy knew she was drifting away from him, he already knows about the 'angel of doubt'. By that he means her mind filling with doubts about their relationship. She's probably scared of the intensity of the love. So this verse is about him watching her while she sleeps, wanting the moment to last forever, almost praying that she doesn't say the words that she eventually does ('I know it's godda stop, love, but I don't know how.') He's trying to work out where they went wrong.
I reckon the shipping forecast is metaphorical of the doubts/worries spinning around their heads. Shipping forecasts warn about where ships are etc, so perhaps they're just dancing together for one last time, trying to block out the inevitable end of their relationship like a radio playing in the background, but she says what she does, which acknowledges the massive elephant in the room they'd both been desperately avoiding.
Now the stairs forget your shoes, and the gate don't creak for want of you, but the jury's out on me
This is about him making a feeble attempt to pretend he doesn't miss her, but even he has to admit in the end, he's blatantly guilty of missing her.
We're wise beyond our years but we're good at bad ideas, my love, or so it seems to be
They both know better than to keep going back to each other, but they just cannot help it. Or maybe it's about one of them not being faithful - 'bad ideas'
My little one
My kettle drum
My babel tongue
My come undone
My prison wish
My dying wish
I know I had a message at the start
But it up and abandoned us, when we were sleeping in our beds.
I think this is just him starting a sentence, but loosing himself in her brillance - ' I know I had a message at the start'. Like he forgot what he was even talking about.
Then he gets back on track with a fragment of a sentence 'but it up and abandoned us, when we were sleeping in our beds'. It's almost like he's shocked and appalled at the missing love, ripped from him. He can't fathom how it happened and how he's gona keep going.
Shine a little light, don't wrestle with the night, don't think about the future now. I know it's godda stop love, but I don't know how.
At this point, I feel as though they are both just like, fuck it, lets just live in this moment here and now where we both love each other. Deal with everything else another time but for now, I'm drunk off you.
It's anybody's guess how the angel of doubt laid down sand beneath our house. I know it's godda stop love, but I don't know how. I know it's godda stop love, but I don't know how.
First line is pretty self-explanatory. Possible a reference to the bible. A house on sand is gona crumble and fall, so the doubt in her mind is pulling the love down.
The final 2 lines is just him telling himself over and over again that it has to stop, but admitting he has no idea how. Or it could be him reflecting on her words in sorrow or denial.
I waited by your bedside and couldn't close my eyes all night. I named you like a prayer. It's anybody's guess how the angel of doubt came down and crept into your bed. But after we danced to the shipping forecast the words escaped your mouth: "I know it's godda stop, love, but I don't know how".
This guy knew she was drifting away from him, he already knows about the 'angel of doubt'. By that he means her mind filling with doubts about their relationship. She's probably scared of the intensity of the love. So this verse is about him watching her while she sleeps, wanting the moment to last forever, almost praying that she doesn't say the words that she eventually does ('I know it's godda stop, love, but I don't know how.') He's trying to work out where they went wrong. I reckon the shipping forecast is metaphorical of the doubts/worries spinning around their heads. Shipping forecasts warn about where ships are etc, so perhaps they're just dancing together for one last time, trying to block out the inevitable end of their relationship like a radio playing in the background, but she says what she does, which acknowledges the massive elephant in the room they'd both been desperately avoiding.
Now the stairs forget your shoes, and the gate don't creak for want of you, but the jury's out on me
This is about him making a feeble attempt to pretend he doesn't miss her, but even he has to admit in the end, he's blatantly guilty of missing her.
We're wise beyond our years but we're good at bad ideas, my love, or so it seems to be
They both know better than to keep going back to each other, but they just cannot help it. Or maybe it's about one of them not being faithful - 'bad ideas'
My little one My kettle drum My babel tongue My come undone My prison wish My dying wish I know I had a message at the start But it up and abandoned us, when we were sleeping in our beds.
I think this is just him starting a sentence, but loosing himself in her brillance - ' I know I had a message at the start'. Like he forgot what he was even talking about. Then he gets back on track with a fragment of a sentence 'but it up and abandoned us, when we were sleeping in our beds'. It's almost like he's shocked and appalled at the missing love, ripped from him. He can't fathom how it happened and how he's gona keep going.
Shine a little light, don't wrestle with the night, don't think about the future now. I know it's godda stop love, but I don't know how.
At this point, I feel as though they are both just like, fuck it, lets just live in this moment here and now where we both love each other. Deal with everything else another time but for now, I'm drunk off you.
It's anybody's guess how the angel of doubt laid down sand beneath our house. I know it's godda stop love, but I don't know how. I know it's godda stop love, but I don't know how.
First line is pretty self-explanatory. Possible a reference to the bible. A house on sand is gona crumble and fall, so the doubt in her mind is pulling the love down. The final 2 lines is just him telling himself over and over again that it has to stop, but admitting he has no idea how. Or it could be him reflecting on her words in sorrow or denial.