| The Postal Service – Such Great Heights Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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He means their pupils. The reference is likely an allusion to John Donne's poem "The Good Morrow" "My face in thine eye, thine in mine appears, And true plain hearts do in the faces rest, Where can we find two better hemispheres Without sharp North, without declining West? What ever dies, was not mixed equally; If our two loves be one, or, thou and I Love so alike, that none do slacken, none can die." Donne uses such mirror imagery of the eyes in a number of poems (see also "The Extasie"). The metaphor emphasizes the symmetry of the lover's souls and also that they are the perfect complement to one another (almost like Ben's next metaphor of puzzle pieces fitting together). Note that the eyes are the often considered the window to the soul. Also note the twist Ben puts on it as when the eyes are perfectly aligned it becomes a perpetual mirror image: one reflecting the other and back again and so on... If you like poetry, check out Donne -- good stuff. |
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| Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – The Mercy Seat Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Forget about the context for a moment. The song is about fear of death and the uncertainty surrounding the gray areas of truth and morality that all of us wrestle with, not just those on death row. "Am I a good person? Did I live a good life?" | |
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