I guess it's a song about love. "Rosalie" is the name that represents Love in this song. It's about a love that has been in a certain way removed, but maybe is returning. During the separation from love, standing and waiting, the Narrator gives out different descriptions for everyone he sees. I wonder why he does that. Maybe he is trying to help other people to encounter their "Rosalies". Or maybe he is trying to descript "Rosalie" into those people, trying to convert them into Rosalie, in a certain way. "Rosalie" may not even indicate a specific person, but something like "roses". Something beautiful but maybe with a thorn! Like Love.
And I love this verse, "Everything Merges With The Night". It sounds very mysterious and true to me. It is with the Night that everything merges. We fail to perceive many sources of light in the constant and strong light of the Day. But in the Night we can see a more profound universe maybe, reflected in the light of the Stars. It is also in the Night that our life is more quiet, away from distracting noises. And it is the Night also the moment when we can be the most alone with ourselves, if so we wish.
Santiago is the place where the Narrator lives, in the Night. In one side, it has the volcano with it's Fire activity and the danger of burning. In the other side, there is the possibility that the Sea swallow the whole city. Santiago floats between the two. But under the Volcano, even without it's eruption, there is a strong activity; an activity strong enough to left the Narrator awakened at the Night, in a moment where everything merges, ponders, and is in silence, because everything have paused for an instant. The breeze has softened.
And what happens after the Pause? Maybe the Dawn? The Coming of Love? Maybe Brian Eno have sung about it in another song...
I guess it's a song about love. "Rosalie" is the name that represents Love in this song. It's about a love that has been in a certain way removed, but maybe is returning. During the separation from love, standing and waiting, the Narrator gives out different descriptions for everyone he sees. I wonder why he does that. Maybe he is trying to help other people to encounter their "Rosalies". Or maybe he is trying to descript "Rosalie" into those people, trying to convert them into Rosalie, in a certain way. "Rosalie" may not even indicate a specific person, but something like "roses". Something beautiful but maybe with a thorn! Like Love.
And I love this verse, "Everything Merges With The Night". It sounds very mysterious and true to me. It is with the Night that everything merges. We fail to perceive many sources of light in the constant and strong light of the Day. But in the Night we can see a more profound universe maybe, reflected in the light of the Stars. It is also in the Night that our life is more quiet, away from distracting noises. And it is the Night also the moment when we can be the most alone with ourselves, if so we wish.
Santiago is the place where the Narrator lives, in the Night. In one side, it has the volcano with it's Fire activity and the danger of burning. In the other side, there is the possibility that the Sea swallow the whole city. Santiago floats between the two. But under the Volcano, even without it's eruption, there is a strong activity; an activity strong enough to left the Narrator awakened at the Night, in a moment where everything merges, ponders, and is in silence, because everything have paused for an instant. The breeze has softened.
And what happens after the Pause? Maybe the Dawn? The Coming of Love? Maybe Brian Eno have sung about it in another song...