i'm noticing that this song seems to have some subtle references to other songs.
"It sees the frightened child in the body of a full-grown man" that one reminds me of Brothers on a Hotel Bed
"no longer easy on the eyes, but these wrinkles masterfully disguise, the youthful boy below. who turned your way and saw, something he was not looking for, both a beginning and an end. but now he lives inside someone he does not recognize when he catches his reflection on accident."
and "With an eroding beach disappearing from under me" could correspond to Transatlanticism, "I was standing on the surface of a perforated sphere when the water filled every hole"
those are the most obvious two. it could be me just making connections, but they seem too obviously placed to be accidents
another similarity to "with an eroding beach disappearing from under me" is from Coney Island: "Brooklyn will fill the beach eventually/and everyone will go except me"
another similarity to "with an eroding beach disappearing from under me" is from Coney Island: "Brooklyn will fill the beach eventually/and everyone will go except me"
i'm noticing that this song seems to have some subtle references to other songs.
"It sees the frightened child in the body of a full-grown man" that one reminds me of Brothers on a Hotel Bed
"no longer easy on the eyes, but these wrinkles masterfully disguise, the youthful boy below. who turned your way and saw, something he was not looking for, both a beginning and an end. but now he lives inside someone he does not recognize when he catches his reflection on accident."
and "With an eroding beach disappearing from under me" could correspond to Transatlanticism, "I was standing on the surface of a perforated sphere when the water filled every hole"
those are the most obvious two. it could be me just making connections, but they seem too obviously placed to be accidents
I would speculate that those lines you cite are more just general themes and motifs that Ben's using again, rather than conscious references.
I would speculate that those lines you cite are more just general themes and motifs that Ben's using again, rather than conscious references.
But still an interesting observation.
But still an interesting observation.
another similarity to "with an eroding beach disappearing from under me" is from Coney Island: "Brooklyn will fill the beach eventually/and everyone will go except me"
another similarity to "with an eroding beach disappearing from under me" is from Coney Island: "Brooklyn will fill the beach eventually/and everyone will go except me"