It's a beautiful song, haunting guitar and he has an oddity of a wonderful calm voice.
As for meaning, i think it goes something like this.
"One night to be confused
One night to speed up truth"
In my opinion this is reference to the night hes spent with his cheating lover, hes confused why hes with her after shes hurt him, and hes confused why she did it. Speeding up the truth, maybe this means shes came clean to him about her affair.
"We had a promise made" stressing the loving past they shared before she did this. (the use of the word 'had'- its in the past. it wont be retained.
"Four hands and then away" again showing how it was just the two of them and now thats gone "away" as another person is involved (due to adultery).
"Both under influence" influence of alcohol. he could be referring to his girlfriend and her accompanist having a drunken one night stand, or himself and his girlfriend getting back together the night they try and sort things out.
"We had divine scent" divine is a word meaning to guess(divination), and scent can mean to suspect. All guessing and suspecting of his girlfriend cheating, i think this line means.
"To know what to say" only makes sense if you refer the last line to this one. I think he means the words he said where his suspisions.
"Mind is a razor blade" This could mean 2 things. 1) the mind is sharp, he has many accurate assumptions of his girlfriend cheating. 2) he finds it hard to think about thoughts. razorblade = pain. in his mind he thinks about images that hurt him. like a razor would hurt him. alternatively, he could mean both of those.
"To call for hands from above to lean on
Would that be good enough for me?"
hands from above, does he mean the hands of God? maybe hes just asking for comfort to help him through.
"One night of magic rush
The start: a simple touch"
description of himself reuniting with his girlfriend.? (sexual refernce)
"One night to push and scream" their quarrels also in the night.
"And then relief" the quarrels finally stop, he starts to look for a way forward to get over his girlfriend.
"Ten days of perfect tunes
The colors red and blue" after the split with his girl, he has time alone thinking. spending time listening to music. red and blue colour reference to the poem 'roses are red, violets are blue'. again thinking about his lost love.
"We had a promise made
We were in love" pretty self explanitary, that bit.
"And you
You knew the hand of the devil" the metaphorical hand he was earlier talking about, the hand he was reaching out for was 'from above', but his girlfriend held the hand of the devil, she betrayed him.
"And you Kept us awake with wolves teeth" how he cant sleep, its just pain to think that while she should be in bed with him, shes sharing her bed (and herself?) with someone else.
"Sharing different heartbeats in one night" again refernece to adultery, sharing different love.
Alot of biblic reference i think. "10 days of perfect tunes" 10 commandments? (7th Commandment: do not commit adultery)
"To call for hands from above to lean on" the hands of god? and...
"You knew the hand of the devil"
i love your interpretation on this song. you have a unique way of looking at 'one night to push and scream'. alot of the posts on here think it is a sexual reference. i think your way of looking at it works well because it fits better with the following line..'and then relief' almost like relaxing after a storm.but of course it could mean both.
originally my first thought was this was about a woman giving birth. (with the colours and the music and the pushing)
thanks for helping understand this beautiful song.
=]
i love your interpretation on this song. you have a unique way of looking at 'one night to push and scream'. alot of the posts on here think it is a sexual reference. i think your way of looking at it works well because it fits better with the following line..'and then relief' almost like relaxing after a storm.but of course it could mean both.
originally my first thought was this was about a woman giving birth. (with the colours and the music and the pushing)
thanks for helping understand this beautiful song.
=]
This is how I saw it as well. I like this song, it is like a bitter sweet thing, one of those songs that makes you think back to a time in your own life. Good interpretation!
This is how I saw it as well. I like this song, it is like a bitter sweet thing, one of those songs that makes you think back to a time in your own life. Good interpretation!
It's a beautiful song, haunting guitar and he has an oddity of a wonderful calm voice. As for meaning, i think it goes something like this.
"One night to be confused One night to speed up truth" In my opinion this is reference to the night hes spent with his cheating lover, hes confused why hes with her after shes hurt him, and hes confused why she did it. Speeding up the truth, maybe this means shes came clean to him about her affair. "We had a promise made" stressing the loving past they shared before she did this. (the use of the word 'had'- its in the past. it wont be retained. "Four hands and then away" again showing how it was just the two of them and now thats gone "away" as another person is involved (due to adultery). "Both under influence" influence of alcohol. he could be referring to his girlfriend and her accompanist having a drunken one night stand, or himself and his girlfriend getting back together the night they try and sort things out. "We had divine scent" divine is a word meaning to guess(divination), and scent can mean to suspect. All guessing and suspecting of his girlfriend cheating, i think this line means. "To know what to say" only makes sense if you refer the last line to this one. I think he means the words he said where his suspisions. "Mind is a razor blade" This could mean 2 things. 1) the mind is sharp, he has many accurate assumptions of his girlfriend cheating. 2) he finds it hard to think about thoughts. razorblade = pain. in his mind he thinks about images that hurt him. like a razor would hurt him. alternatively, he could mean both of those.
"To call for hands from above to lean on Would that be good enough for me?" hands from above, does he mean the hands of God? maybe hes just asking for comfort to help him through.
"One night of magic rush The start: a simple touch" description of himself reuniting with his girlfriend.? (sexual refernce) "One night to push and scream" their quarrels also in the night. "And then relief" the quarrels finally stop, he starts to look for a way forward to get over his girlfriend. "Ten days of perfect tunes The colors red and blue" after the split with his girl, he has time alone thinking. spending time listening to music. red and blue colour reference to the poem 'roses are red, violets are blue'. again thinking about his lost love. "We had a promise made We were in love" pretty self explanitary, that bit.
"And you You knew the hand of the devil" the metaphorical hand he was earlier talking about, the hand he was reaching out for was 'from above', but his girlfriend held the hand of the devil, she betrayed him. "And you Kept us awake with wolves teeth" how he cant sleep, its just pain to think that while she should be in bed with him, shes sharing her bed (and herself?) with someone else. "Sharing different heartbeats in one night" again refernece to adultery, sharing different love.
Alot of biblic reference i think. "10 days of perfect tunes" 10 commandments? (7th Commandment: do not commit adultery) "To call for hands from above to lean on" the hands of god? and... "You knew the hand of the devil"
i love your interpretation on this song. you have a unique way of looking at 'one night to push and scream'. alot of the posts on here think it is a sexual reference. i think your way of looking at it works well because it fits better with the following line..'and then relief' almost like relaxing after a storm.but of course it could mean both. originally my first thought was this was about a woman giving birth. (with the colours and the music and the pushing) thanks for helping understand this beautiful song. =]
i love your interpretation on this song. you have a unique way of looking at 'one night to push and scream'. alot of the posts on here think it is a sexual reference. i think your way of looking at it works well because it fits better with the following line..'and then relief' almost like relaxing after a storm.but of course it could mean both. originally my first thought was this was about a woman giving birth. (with the colours and the music and the pushing) thanks for helping understand this beautiful song. =]
This is how I saw it as well. I like this song, it is like a bitter sweet thing, one of those songs that makes you think back to a time in your own life. Good interpretation!
This is how I saw it as well. I like this song, it is like a bitter sweet thing, one of those songs that makes you think back to a time in your own life. Good interpretation!