I was pondering about this song and I thought this is just another one of his murder ballads.
I could be wrong though, but the line "it was the end of our love" and the fact he doesn't know where she's burried (wherever your rest) to me points this out clearly.
Makes me imagine he's either incarcerated or in an insane asylum. Especially with him "shaking on the floor", and the song having this innocuous and almost childish melody and beauty I think corroborates the point of it being a murder ballad.
I think this latter paradox is almost idiosyncratic of Cave.
E.g. Henry Lee is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard and it is so acrimonious in lines.
I was pondering about this song and I thought this is just another one of his murder ballads. I could be wrong though, but the line "it was the end of our love" and the fact he doesn't know where she's burried (wherever your rest) to me points this out clearly. Makes me imagine he's either incarcerated or in an insane asylum. Especially with him "shaking on the floor", and the song having this innocuous and almost childish melody and beauty I think corroborates the point of it being a murder ballad. I think this latter paradox is almost idiosyncratic of Cave. E.g. Henry Lee is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard and it is so acrimonious in lines.