My favourite thing about this song is, even though its told ín first person, I don't necessarily side with the narrator. There's such a deep bitterness there, and almost a sinister threat, that I really want to hear the betrayer's side of the story.
To me, it doesn't sound like the breakdown of a romantic relationship, but more like a partnership of the kind told in countless stories of entrepreneurship/showbiz/riches where penniless brothers or friends leave town to make their fortune, work hard side-by-side, and then when fame and luck finally comes they turn on each other. End frame of movie where one is bitter and destitute and full of blame, and the other has the glory and all the guilt and regret that comes with it. I don't think it's anything about Gillian & Dave personally, just another two of those fabulously ambiguous characters they create in their music.
Also, it doesn't make any sense to me, but the line is definitely "Burma shore".
My favourite thing about this song is, even though its told ín first person, I don't necessarily side with the narrator. There's such a deep bitterness there, and almost a sinister threat, that I really want to hear the betrayer's side of the story.
To me, it doesn't sound like the breakdown of a romantic relationship, but more like a partnership of the kind told in countless stories of entrepreneurship/showbiz/riches where penniless brothers or friends leave town to make their fortune, work hard side-by-side, and then when fame and luck finally comes they turn on each other. End frame of movie where one is bitter and destitute and full of blame, and the other has the glory and all the guilt and regret that comes with it. I don't think it's anything about Gillian & Dave personally, just another two of those fabulously ambiguous characters they create in their music.
Also, it doesn't make any sense to me, but the line is definitely "Burma shore".