I ... am ... gobsmacked (I know that's not a New Zealand expression but it still fits).
I looked at the lyrics for the first time today.
I've LOVED this song since I heard it; it's one of my favorites, from any artist.
"I believe in doing things until it hurts" is actually, "I believe in doing things backwards".
Neil Finn is unquestionably my favorite artist although I've never completely understood him and his lyrics. I've always thought it was a translation thing (NZ to US English) or that he's artistic and I'm an engineer; creative endeavors, orthogonal to each other.
The lyric "Frost on the windowpane, the sound of pouring rain, all make me glad of you" in it's melodious harmony made me believe what that's what the song is about. Being in a place which is "Nice Safe Warm and Dry" (NSWD) while miserable weather exists outside... thinking about things that make me comfortable while she (my SO) is away (I always heard it as "though you are far away from me"... but that's not ~at all~ the actual lyric)
But this song is not about thinking about a loved one at all. It sounds like its about a psycho obsessed with someone he favors.
This song I've always romantically favored for it's beautiful "frost on the windowpane" lyric, is actually a discordant history of a psycho.
It's like finding out what Sting's "Every Breath You Take Take" actually means.
@Anlif I agree, he sounds like an obsessed stalker. "Sometimes I can't be straight I don't want to hurt you
So forgive me if I tell a lie, is telling. Why can't he be straight? I've had a man obsessed with me for 30 years. He has a wife and four kids. He pursed me for nearly their entire marriage. She had cancer and a good prognosis. I swear he wanted her dead.
@Anlif I agree, he sounds like an obsessed stalker. "Sometimes I can't be straight I don't want to hurt you
So forgive me if I tell a lie, is telling. Why can't he be straight? I've had a man obsessed with me for 30 years. He has a wife and four kids. He pursed me for nearly their entire marriage. She had cancer and a good prognosis. I swear he wanted her dead.
I ... am ... gobsmacked (I know that's not a New Zealand expression but it still fits).
I looked at the lyrics for the first time today.
I've LOVED this song since I heard it; it's one of my favorites, from any artist.
"I believe in doing things until it hurts" is actually, "I believe in doing things backwards".
Neil Finn is unquestionably my favorite artist although I've never completely understood him and his lyrics. I've always thought it was a translation thing (NZ to US English) or that he's artistic and I'm an engineer; creative endeavors, orthogonal to each other.
The lyric "Frost on the windowpane, the sound of pouring rain, all make me glad of you" in it's melodious harmony made me believe what that's what the song is about. Being in a place which is "Nice Safe Warm and Dry" (NSWD) while miserable weather exists outside... thinking about things that make me comfortable while she (my SO) is away (I always heard it as "though you are far away from me"... but that's not ~at all~ the actual lyric)
But this song is not about thinking about a loved one at all. It sounds like its about a psycho obsessed with someone he favors.
This song I've always romantically favored for it's beautiful "frost on the windowpane" lyric, is actually a discordant history of a psycho.
It's like finding out what Sting's "Every Breath You Take Take" actually means.
@Anlif I agree, he sounds like an obsessed stalker. "Sometimes I can't be straight I don't want to hurt you So forgive me if I tell a lie, is telling. Why can't he be straight? I've had a man obsessed with me for 30 years. He has a wife and four kids. He pursed me for nearly their entire marriage. She had cancer and a good prognosis. I swear he wanted her dead.
@Anlif I agree, he sounds like an obsessed stalker. "Sometimes I can't be straight I don't want to hurt you So forgive me if I tell a lie, is telling. Why can't he be straight? I've had a man obsessed with me for 30 years. He has a wife and four kids. He pursed me for nearly their entire marriage. She had cancer and a good prognosis. I swear he wanted her dead.