Riffing just a bit on the great last line of the song.... and some other thoughts...
What is envy? Envy is when you want something you don't have (as opposed to 'jealousy' which is fearing the loss of what you have).
A kinder and less severe way of describing "envy" is to say that one is "hopeful".
However, envy is also one of the seven sins. So, if you're "envious", you're a sinner... you are "damned".
So, the lyric is suggesting a connection between being "hopeful" for something (a relationship with this girl?) and being damned for it (wanting it a little too much?). Its the one thing the "hopeful" and the "damned" have in common. Where is the line between "hopeful" and "damned" if "envy" is a sin?
This song has lots of colors as well. Blue. White. Green. And I think, this is part of the poetry of the song and goes to my next point.
Obviously, the whole song is the guy's infatuation with this girl... who for all intents and purposes, is being compared to the sun itself. This (and a number of other songs on the "More" soundtrack) are actually subtlety referring to the "sun" and the Icarus myth... getting wings, but flying so high to the sun (the girl) and getting burned...
Note the song "Cymbaline" on the album is also referring to the "sun". "Cymbeline" means "sun lord" and is of course, more popularly known from Shakespeare.
But back to this song. Blue is the sky where the sun is. White is the light coming from the sun. The sun is something you want... you want to touch... "green with envy". But even more so, blue of the sky with the yellow of the sun... is... GREEN!! Green is the color of her kind.
Riffing just a bit on the great last line of the song.... and some other thoughts...
What is envy? Envy is when you want something you don't have (as opposed to 'jealousy' which is fearing the loss of what you have).
A kinder and less severe way of describing "envy" is to say that one is "hopeful".
However, envy is also one of the seven sins. So, if you're "envious", you're a sinner... you are "damned".
So, the lyric is suggesting a connection between being "hopeful" for something (a relationship with this girl?) and being damned for it (wanting it a little too much?). Its the one thing the "hopeful" and the "damned" have in common. Where is the line between "hopeful" and "damned" if "envy" is a sin?
This song has lots of colors as well. Blue. White. Green. And I think, this is part of the poetry of the song and goes to my next point.
Obviously, the whole song is the guy's infatuation with this girl... who for all intents and purposes, is being compared to the sun itself. This (and a number of other songs on the "More" soundtrack) are actually subtlety referring to the "sun" and the Icarus myth... getting wings, but flying so high to the sun (the girl) and getting burned...
Note the song "Cymbaline" on the album is also referring to the "sun". "Cymbeline" means "sun lord" and is of course, more popularly known from Shakespeare.
But back to this song. Blue is the sky where the sun is. White is the light coming from the sun. The sun is something you want... you want to touch... "green with envy". But even more so, blue of the sky with the yellow of the sun... is... GREEN!! Green is the color of her kind.