Well, I actually wrote these lyrics (amazing to find them here, actually, though I know this is one of Pepper's more popular songs).
Long story short, the song is about someone I fell in love with when I lived in London. I lived in Richmond at the time ("the end of the District Line"). A lot of it is just mixed-up metanyms about my experience ("Kentish town's too far" refers both to the distance from Richmond to that stop, and to an incident where someone I knew went "too far" with something in a pub). A lot of it is puns ("Waterloo's defeated me" and "may I have your seat? my heart is weak").
The line "in Richmond shines the Star" is in reference to the Royal Star and Garter home, which was a landmark that helped me find my way out of Richmond Park one night when I stayed way too long. The "vulpine mien in the sylvan scene" was the loud chorus of urban foxes that were barking that night.
Well, I actually wrote these lyrics (amazing to find them here, actually, though I know this is one of Pepper's more popular songs).
Long story short, the song is about someone I fell in love with when I lived in London. I lived in Richmond at the time ("the end of the District Line"). A lot of it is just mixed-up metanyms about my experience ("Kentish town's too far" refers both to the distance from Richmond to that stop, and to an incident where someone I knew went "too far" with something in a pub). A lot of it is puns ("Waterloo's defeated me" and "may I have your seat? my heart is weak").
The line "in Richmond shines the Star" is in reference to the Royal Star and Garter home, which was a landmark that helped me find my way out of Richmond Park one night when I stayed way too long. The "vulpine mien in the sylvan scene" was the loud chorus of urban foxes that were barking that night.