Lyric discussion by gragule 

Cover art for Baby Blue lyrics by Emilíana Torrini

Overall, I think it is about abortion.

Boxing shadows in my sleep It's the company I keep The perfect exercise As I grow older

  • The guilt grows as she gets older and fights her demons

I can't believe what God has done He took the heat out of the sun And now it seems the world Is growing colder

  • The realization of what she has done has crept in. Guilt, depression.

Between the pleasure and the pain Wishing your life away

  • Living a carefree life, we unknowingly often wish our life away (I wish this was over! or I can't wait until next Friday!)

No more sinister than sane Briefing your life away

  • The thought of living free and unburdened seems ideal.

Between the flicker and the flame No one can explain Baby blue is born again

  • Life can change in the blink of an eye (between the flicker and the flame). Pregnant again.

I'm looking for some place to go Sucking out screams in stereo Before my bare eyes I saw her drowning

  • Got to gid rid of the pregnancy, found a clinic that does abortions...

Keep my daughter in a jar She can't get out she won't go far My heart is in my mouth But still keep pounding

  • How some abortion clinics keep the fetus to sell, stem cell, etc. She can't believe she did it.

I may be off base but that's what I thought of when I heard the song.

My Opinion

@gragule The song is clearly about abortion, but I don't think it's about organ selling and stuff. The jar is reference to formaldehyde jar, I think. And it's "Her heart is in my mouth, but still keep pounding", not "my heart". I assume it means that she feels her daughter is still living in her memory, and the beating heart in mouth is a reference to Semele from Greek mythology, a story of Dyonisus who was torn apart when his mother, pregnant with him, was murdered. His heart was saved by Athena, and Zeus gave it to Semele - she ate...