What a gorgeous, sad song. According to Steven Wilson, this song is part of an album that explores the imagined memories and experiences of Joyce Carol Vincent, the woman who died in her British flat and went unmissed and unfound for 3 years.
I think the "sister" could either be a real friend who visited for six months, or, perhaps more likely, an imaginary friend the speaker invented. We never learn how they become separated, only that she faded from memory completely, much as our imaginary friends do when we grow up and grow out of them. But wow, how sad. This song is a picture of the purity of childhood friendship and imagination and the hard reality of growing up and leaving those things behind..
@OttieKat About Joyce Carol Vincent: after they found her body, people said that she was such a nice person, and someone that was really good to other people. She even had some (a lot, I don't know) friends. And they just forgot about her. Very sad.
@OttieKat About Joyce Carol Vincent: after they found her body, people said that she was such a nice person, and someone that was really good to other people. She even had some (a lot, I don't know) friends. And they just forgot about her. Very sad.
What a gorgeous, sad song. According to Steven Wilson, this song is part of an album that explores the imagined memories and experiences of Joyce Carol Vincent, the woman who died in her British flat and went unmissed and unfound for 3 years.
I think the "sister" could either be a real friend who visited for six months, or, perhaps more likely, an imaginary friend the speaker invented. We never learn how they become separated, only that she faded from memory completely, much as our imaginary friends do when we grow up and grow out of them. But wow, how sad. This song is a picture of the purity of childhood friendship and imagination and the hard reality of growing up and leaving those things behind..
@OttieKat About Joyce Carol Vincent: after they found her body, people said that she was such a nice person, and someone that was really good to other people. She even had some (a lot, I don't know) friends. And they just forgot about her. Very sad.
@OttieKat About Joyce Carol Vincent: after they found her body, people said that she was such a nice person, and someone that was really good to other people. She even had some (a lot, I don't know) friends. And they just forgot about her. Very sad.