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Oh, it's carnival night
And they're stringing the lights around you
Hanging paper angels
Painting little devils on the roof
Oh the furnace wind
Is a flickering of wings about your face
In a cloud of incense
Yea, it smells like Heaven in this place
I can't eat, can't sleep
Still I hunger for you when you look at me
That face, those eyes
All the sinful pleasures deep inside
Tell me how, you know now, the ways and means of getting in
Underneath my skin,
Oh you were always my original sin
And tell me why, I shudder inside, every time we begin
This dangerous game
Oh you were always my original sin
A dream will fly
The moment that you open up your eyes
A dream is just a riddle
Ghosts from every corner of your life
Up in the balcony
All the Romeo's are bleeding for your hand
Blowing theater kisses
Reciting lines they don't understand
And they're stringing the lights around you
Hanging paper angels
Painting little devils on the roof
Oh the furnace wind
Is a flickering of wings about your face
In a cloud of incense
Yea, it smells like Heaven in this place
I can't eat, can't sleep
Still I hunger for you when you look at me
That face, those eyes
All the sinful pleasures deep inside
Tell me how, you know now, the ways and means of getting in
Underneath my skin,
Oh you were always my original sin
And tell me why, I shudder inside, every time we begin
This dangerous game
Oh you were always my original sin
A dream will fly
The moment that you open up your eyes
A dream is just a riddle
Ghosts from every corner of your life
Up in the balcony
All the Romeo's are bleeding for your hand
Blowing theater kisses
Reciting lines they don't understand
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It's a beautiful song, reminiscent of the early music of Elton John that I found to be so truly brilliant and very much miss.
Whatever be the meaning this is a great song. Meaning is strong, there is sense of helplessness & the tune is lovely.
Oh, it's carnival night
And they're stringing the lights around you
Hanging paper angels
Painting little devils on the roof
Maybe my English is insufficient but could it be he is at a party (whether the religious fest or a fun fair) and he is looking at the person he is in love with. To him this person is the center of attention, and he is so perfect that "paper angels" are hanging around him. But he is aware that he shouldn't be in love with this guy, that it is regarded as wrong or judged by religion as wrong. This is expressed by the angels hanging around the guy painting the little devils. So while he is looking at something heavenly, he gradually starts realising his homosexual desires are judged as sinful and he shouldn't be in love. The painting stands for the little devils gradually appearing, the gradual realization, pulling him out of the heavenly situation.
Oh the furnace wind
Is a flickering of wings about your face
In a cloud of incense
Yea, it smells like Heaven in this place
The guy he thinks is heavenly makes him nervous and might be making him sweat and feeling warm. I interpret (but here i am unsure about my english) the first two lines as the angels around the guy flickering their wings and making him feel warm and sweaty (the furnace wind), which would describe how nervous the guy makes him.
The cloud of incense and smell of heaven at the same tim tell how much he likes being near the guy. Again this verse is ambivalent: the forbidden love.
I can't eat, can't sleep
Still I hunger for you when you look at me
That face, those eyes
All the sinful pleasures deep inside
This just tells about how much he is in love with and adores the guy.
Tell me how, you know now, the ways and means of getting in
Underneath my skin,
Oh you were always my original sin
And tell me why, I shudder inside, every time we begin
This dangerous game
Oh you were always my original sin
apparently he has been in love with the guy for a long time and he doesn't understand how someone can get him so mesmerized.
I think the last two verses are about him not knowing what to do with the dreams he has about the guy, and about him feeling that he is the only one who really loves him, unlike the other guys who might think they do.
What do you think about this interpretation? I would love to hear comments about it!
but hey, love is like a drug too right, hence the metaphor is extensive on many levels
this is the song which represent my feelings for my exboyfriend the most
first time we broke up it was the whole chaotic, long-distance collapse of relationship, n we were both very young
then a year later, most unusual circumstances brought us back together, and we shared an ephemeral yet intoxicating short month together
where this song was basically the 'theme song'.
"Tell me how, you know now, the ways and means of getting in
Underneath my skin,
Oh you were always my original sin
And tell me why, I shudder inside, every time we begin
This dangerous game
Oh you were always my original sin"
the entire time we were back together, i thought about the 'dangerous game' in the song
because of course, like, so many naive and confused kids, we just could not sustain that beautiful relationship
nowdays, whenever i get nostalgic, the song always reminds of the love we did share, and obviously the somewhat addictive sentiment of love and the pain it brings.
Up in the balcony
All the Romeo's are bleeding for your hand
Blowing theater kisses
Reciting lines they don't understand
I don't know how that could be about heroin. (ALthough I don't know much about heroin so I could be missing somethin)