The Girl Who Wanted To Be God Lyrics

Lyric discussion by manipmac 

Cover art for The Girl Who Wanted To Be God lyrics by Manic Street Preachers

i think it's about a girl who applies meaning to things that have no meaning. maybe a slight dig at people like myself who are doing very that.

'the girl who wanted to be god' sounds like someone who wanted to have control over things that cannot be.

the first verse suggesting 'there are no sunsets just silence' appears to be someone who is romanticising things in life when it's all meaningless.

verse 2 contradicts this with a feel of her meaning being fulfilling to her life 'the dawn is still breaking' has an essence of hope in her darkest days that she can see the sunset again.

then 'hold me she says love me to death' sounds like she is frightened to face real life and needs support in doing so. or alternatively that she feels love towards everything but receives nothing in return and is craving an intimate bond from anyone to get that same feeling she gets staring at things she knows are meaningless to life.

My Interpretation
Positive
Subjective
Hope
Romanticizing
Existentialism
Introspection
Loneliness
Yearning