| Porcupine Tree – Arriving Somewhere But Not Here Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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"Could you imagine the final sound as a gun" The sound of the impact of a car with a solid object would be very similar in volume and sharpness to a gunshot, hence the addition of the next line: "Or the smashing windscreen of a car?" "Did you ever imagine the last thing you'd hear as you're fading out Was a song?" As someone else said - a radio continuing to play after the car has crashed. It could also refer to this song playing out to the driver before they "[faded] out." "All my designs, simplified" Okay, I'll pull back for this one. I have an idea of what it means, but I have no idea how to articulate it. But it sounds as though the identity of the speaker becomes clear here - to me it sounds like the speaker is the person who was killed by the drunk driver. "And all of my plans, compromised And all of my dreams, sacrificed" This part is what tells me the speaker is the victim of the driver. Rather than asking the accusing questions of the verses, the speaker begins to lament at the fact that their life as they know it is over. Their dreams have been 'sacrificed' due to the actions of somebody else. "Ever had the feeling you've been here before? Drinking down the poison the way you were taught?" These two lines, as well as the two that follow, refer to the time the driver begins to drink. Alcohol is arguably a part of today's culture - people in this society tend to view it as a 'coming of age' drink, whereas this song positions us to see it as something toxic. The driver consumes this 'poison' because that is all he or she has known. "Ever thought from here on in your life begins And all you knew was wrong?" I'm not sure about the first line here, but the second seems tinged with regret and sudden realisation. The speaker asks the driver if they have ever come to realise that doing what they have been taught (ie. "drinking down the poison") is not always the right thing to do. Considering the driver has just killed someone while under the influence... evidently not. "Did you see the redness block your part? Did the scissors cut a way to your heart?" Post-accident surgery seems the most obvious one, though the scissors could be a representation of guilt. "Did you feel the envy for the sons of mothers Tearing you apart?" The envy tearing the driver apart is envy coming from others, envy for a boy that still has his mother while someone else's has been violently taken away. Now the identity of the speaker and the driver become a little more obvious here - this line seems to suggest that the driver was a young man, possibly a boy in late teens, and the person he killed (the speaker) was a woman and mother. I obviously can't say this interpretation is the correct one, this is just how the song sounds to me. Feel free to add to or challenge this theory if you want. |
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| Porcupine Tree – Arriving Somewhere But Not Here Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Having read all of the comments, I feel some of the interpretations are a bit.... general? It really does sound like a drink-driving accident to me. I'll try go line by line. "Never stop the car on a drive in the dark" As somebody said, a person possibly pulled over and was hit by a drunk driver, but I'm leaning towards the idea that this line is slightly ironic. 'Stop' could refer to the general lack of motion of a car after it has crashed. "Never look for the truth in your mother's eyes" The lines and questions in this song seem to communicate a sort of lesson to be taught, which leads me to believe they are directed at the drunk driver. This line, for example, can refer to the way one seeks comfort and justification from their mother, despite the mother knowing that what their child has done is wrong. "Never trust the sound of rain upon a river rushing through your ears" Potential blood during an accident? Or it could possible be actual rain. Who knows. "Arriving somewhere but not here" Every place the driver has come to was not the one he or she intended to go. Someone else here explained that 'somewhere' is a reference to death, while 'here' refers to the place the driver is actually supposed to be. Okay.... I have a place to get to, so I'll try and analyse the rest of the song when I get more time. |
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| Muse – Stockholm Syndrome Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Don't insult the interpretations of others when you can't even come up with one yourself. It's a logical deduction - the song is called Stockholm Syndrome, so one would assume that's what it's about. Seriously, sweetcheeks, lose the attitude. |
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| Porcupine Tree – Anesthetize Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Hmm. I agree with Suspense for parts one and two. For part three, though? I believe the third part is actually set at a point before the depression kicked in - I believe it takes place before part one. If you look at the tense throughout the first two parts, it's all present tense - "I'm saying nothing", "We're lost in the mall", etc... In the third part, however, it's all past tense. The mood seems dreamy, slightly reminiscent, and the multiple voices seems to add to this. It seems like the narrator is trying to remember something: "The water so warm *that day*." Perhaps part three is actually about what caused the narrator's depression. My personal take on this part is that the person 'holding their hat' is someone the narrator loved and lost. The inclusion of the word 'stolen' indicates that the woman was suddenly taken away from the narrator. This could mean she left for someone else, but personally I believe it means she died at some point, hence the inclusion of black in the final line, as this colour is normally used to represent death and mourning. The line "there's black across the sun" could also indicate that the woman leaving or dying was what set on the narrator's depression, which lead to the events in parts one and two. There's my two cents. |
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