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Can you hear them?
The helicopters
I'm in New York
No need for words now
We sit in silence
You look me
In the eye directly
You met me
I think it's Wednesday
The evening
The mess we're in
And ooh
The city sunset over me
The city sunset over me
Night and day
I dream of
Making love
To you now baby
Love making on screen
Impossible dream
And I have seen
The sunrise over the river
The freeway
Reminding of
This mess we're in
And ooh
The city sunset over me
The city sunset over me
The city sunset over me
The city sunset over me
What were you wanting?
(What was that you wanted?)
I just wanna say
Don't ever change now baby
I'd thank you
I don't think we will meet again
And you must leave now
Before the sun rises
Over the skyscrapers
And the city landscape comes into view
Sweat on my skin
Oh
This mess we're in
Ooh
The city sunset over me
The city sunset over me
The city sunset over me
The city sunset over me
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"Night and day
I dream of making love to you now, baby
Love making on screen
Impossible dream"
Love making on screen means going out in the open about her, and that's something he can't do, since he has the other girl. And it's definitely an affair, that's the "mess" they're in, but at the same time though they can't be together, they just can't be apart, even when "sitting in silence, no need for words"...
The best part, as boss_2k said, when PJ Harvey's "sweat on my skin ugh" and Tom Yorke's "sin" overlap. It's obvious, the sweat the "ugh"... they're having sex, and though it's a sin for him, seeing her happy with him is worth it... that's why he keeps dreaming the impossible dream.
"Don't ever change
And thank you
I don't think we will meet again"
That really gets at my heart man and makes this song hard to listen to. The first time was all worth it though. Power, grace and beauty.
I love this song because it's so sensual, sexy, perverse in a way but not vulgar, it gives me goosebumps, pins and needles and a dirty sensation on my skin, as if I've witnessed something I shouldn't have. And the feeling of passion you just can't escape, the one that asphyxiates and overpowrs you, is immense.
What a song! *faints*
loved the "sweat on my skin/sin" comment.
good job ^_^
Or it might be she caught the eye of someone in the subway or a cafe or sidewalk, and dreamed it all up, the love that was too good to be true, the goodbye forever,
Can you hear them?
The helicopters?
-Reference to the helicopters that fly over the rooftops as Big Brother discovers Winston & Julia's secret room in which their love-making takes place.
I'm in New York
No need for words now
We sit in silence
You look me in the eye directly
You met me
-When they are captured, they don't say anything but reminisce in their memories.
I think it's Wednesday
-In the dystopian society, the people are no idea of the real day, month or year as the government constantly manipulates information to their discretion.
The evening, the mess we're in
The city sun sets over me
The city sun sets over me
Night and day
I dream of
Making love to you now baby
Love making on screen
Impossible dream
-Making love is impossible under Big Brother's regime where the feelings of love and pleasure derived from sex is eradicated.
And I have seen
The sunrise over the river
The freeway, reminding of
This mess we're in
-Winston's and Julia's incarceration in room 101.
The city sun sets over me
The city sun sets over me
What were you wanting?
I just want to say
Don't ever change
And thank you
I don't think we will meet again
-By the end Winston and Julia are "brainwashed" to the point of not wanting to see each other again.
I really must leave now
Before the sunrise
Above skyscrapers
The sin and
This mess we're in
The city sun sets over me
The city sun sets over me