| Porcupine Tree – Deadwing Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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All right, here's my interpretation of this song. First of all, I have read the 15 aviliable pages of the script and the rest of the album's lyrics, and I can tell that Elizabeth (the woman) meets David (the man, whose name is also mentioned in 'Lazarus') in a the last train of the night And from the yellow windows of the last train A specter from the next life breathes his fog on the pane I look with you into the speeding black rain Afraid to touch someone, afraid to ask her for her name After that, something happens that leads them into a romance, but as you can clearly find in the other songs' lyrics, she leaves him really quickly or is only using him, while David really falls in love with her. Many phrases in this song relate to the script: Voices through the floor (David's neighbors' voices can be heard through his apartment's ceiling) Unexpected news Wearing high-heeled shoes (Elizabeth appears at the train station suddenly, wearing high heels) With the cancer threat In a cigarette (Elizabeth is a smoker, and references to cigarettes are also found in 'Open Car') And in the morning when I find I've lost you I throw a window open wide and step through (As I said, she doesn't really care about him, but he is in a real crush) I don't think Deadwing is about incest...I think it's a beautiful romance story with a tragic end for him. That's why a new version of 'Shesmovedon' is also included in the album, because the lyrics fit in very well. You know Steven, always making sad compositions. Anyway, I hope you liked this interpretation, and if you'd like to read the script, feel free to email me at josemariacastillo@hotmail.com, and I'll send it over to you. |
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