"She looked goon in ribbons" purportedly means cut to ribbons. If so, "tie a red red red red ribbon" suggests a rather violent scene.
I've heard it said that "lying on my back" refers to an experience at a drug or alcohol clinic, where the stars painted on the ceiling "look all too near".
"lovers queued up in the hallway" and "scratching at the door" recall references in Some Kind of Stranger (a much earlier, and perhaps less bitter song) to "footsteps in the hall outside". Hallways are mentioned also in Flood I & II ("and her hallway.. moves..") - take the Freudian interpretation if you like.
"She looked goon in ribbons" purportedly means cut to ribbons. If so, "tie a red red red red ribbon" suggests a rather violent scene.
I've heard it said that "lying on my back" refers to an experience at a drug or alcohol clinic, where the stars painted on the ceiling "look all too near".
"lovers queued up in the hallway" and "scratching at the door" recall references in Some Kind of Stranger (a much earlier, and perhaps less bitter song) to "footsteps in the hall outside". Hallways are mentioned also in Flood I & II ("and her hallway.. moves..") - take the Freudian interpretation if you like.