A couple at the end of their life, maybe they've been squatting in a building now being demolished or the "demolition" is society's collapse from a cataclysm (they're picking the locks, must want the darn from the socks). Committing suicide to avoid the horror of being old folks under siege by young ghouls. Think of McCarthy's "The Road", countless events of history.
He's choosing his own way out and dreaming of more poetic endings.
Dream of diving into water so cold it makes your bones ache. Hesse's young character dies like that in the Glass Bead Game. "Saw a film once" - Orca dying in the movie ("Orca") with ice freezing over the air holes.
Two cold water endings - to "see the sea" seems to be looking to the big sleep.
Dark favorite.
A couple at the end of their life, maybe they've been squatting in a building now being demolished or the "demolition" is society's collapse from a cataclysm (they're picking the locks, must want the darn from the socks). Committing suicide to avoid the horror of being old folks under siege by young ghouls. Think of McCarthy's "The Road", countless events of history.
He's choosing his own way out and dreaming of more poetic endings. Dream of diving into water so cold it makes your bones ache. Hesse's young character dies like that in the Glass Bead Game. "Saw a film once" - Orca dying in the movie ("Orca") with ice freezing over the air holes.
Two cold water endings - to "see the sea" seems to be looking to the big sleep.
Such a bleak and beautiful song.
[Edit: splainations moar]
@charles108 Interesting take on the song
@charles108 Interesting take on the song