| Wild Beasts – His Grinning Skull Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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'I'll eat this young whelp's heart I will' IS a wonderful line. What do you reckon this song's about. My guess is that it's a kind of vanitas. The first half seems clear: man dies, woman misses him, but death must be accepted. But who is the narrator? A gravedigger? the woman's new lover? A graverobber? Why is the narrator in pools? What is the temptation? Then they raid his grave. So perhaps it is a graverobber? Anyways, brilliant song, superb live too. |
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| British Sea Power – Atom Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| i think athe over analysis can refer to human personal relations too. | |
| British Sea Power – Atom Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| i think athe over analysis can refer to human personal relations too. | |
| British Sea Power – Waving Flags Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| this seems to address the modern British "fear" of immagration from the east of Europe into the UK. The lyrics argue for inclusion and run counter to the tabloid scare tactics of the Daily Mail and its ilk. The waving of flags image is a neat one: while admitting diversity it also suggests nonagression, an act of peace. The references to beer link with the band's Budvar interests: Czech Ecstacsy indeed! The immigrants, far from threatening, are welcomed openly in the song. | |
| British Sea Power – Lights Out for Darker Skies Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| it seems to begin ith uncertainty with the modern world. The imagery is often negative: falling, gun muzzles, things not quite illuminated, future twisted and so on. I also suspect some of the lines refer directly to the band's experience recording in Canada. The latter half implies hope, though. A history of light (cleaner, brighter) versus the darkness and doubts. "You know it's right" is a defiant finish. | |
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