Dominoes

This is, like most of Syd's songs,a song very open to a kinds of interpretations. For some reason I don't think this song is necessarily about syd, but about someone else. I think I understand the gist, here's my line by line interpretation:

It's an idea, someday He is fantasizing about doing something someday...

In my tears, my dreams He is so depressed/lonely that he dreams up an imaginary girlfriend(next line).

Don't you want to see her proof? She's real, want me to show her to you? (obviously she doesn't exist though, she is the dream)

Life that comes of no harm You and I, you and I and dominoes, the day goes by I think he is just picturing the life they would have together, at peace, not arguing, just playing dominoes. "Dominoes" almost gives it a sort of childish feel. Almost backing up the whole imaginary friend thing.

You and I in place Wasting time on dominoes More picturing, in place means that it's "perfect".

A day so dark, so warm Life that comes of no harm You and I and dominoes, time goes by In my mind i picture the scene as being very serene and gloomy, maybe raining outside, but he and his imaginary friend are inside playing... so dark, so warm.

Fireworks and heat, someday I think this confirms that they are children. "fireworks and heat" symbolizes, umm perhaps the more adult stages of a relationship..but then comes the word "someday" as if that isn't even a possibility at the moment.

Hold a shell, a stick or play more proof that they are children.

Overheard a lark today Losing when my mind's astray

I think this describes the boy playing with his imaginary friend, the boy loses attention focusing on the lark so the imaginary friend wins the game. But now the song is taking place in the present! today right? so not only is he actually just imagining her in his mind, she is actually there now, a figment of his imagination.

Don't you want to know with your pretty hair Stretch your hand, glad feel, In an echo for your way.

I think here the imaginary friend is talking to him. "don't you want to know if I am real or not" the imaginary friend asks him to stretch and feel,to touch her to check if she's real. to check if she actually occupies space, that she is not just his vision.

in an echo for your way is like:"well, you want me to be real don't you? so if you originally dreamed me up to be real(echo), how come you don't want to check, check that your dream has come true?" But the fact that the imaginary friend actually asks the boy to feel her, says something about the boy doesn't it? deep down he knows she is not actually real but just an illusion, feeling her space would only confirm that, so he decides not to, just to hold on to the slightest hope that she might actually be real.