"mydarkstar"
> Okay I have a question...what are Kashmir singing about in this song? I
> don't understand it. Now I know I know, I guess I should understand it best
> since my first language is English, but I don't!! hehe he sings..
Here's an answer from me (cutting and pasting the lyrics from Nikolaj):
> Walking bones choose your own direction.
> Go have fun some place else.
> Bring your soul and your Beach Boys records.
> I can´t stand to have you here.
> So worn out, cold and dehydrated.
> The fortune is spent, and dad is in space.
Walking bones might refer to Eisner himself who's rather skinny.
Maybe not specifically to him. The verse definately seems to be
the words of a mother who is more than ready to let go of her
son. She's the one who's worn out etc.
> Every home should have a mom in love
> and a daddy in space.
> Chinese porcelain cats to guard her love
> In the window space
> Show her some respect, she´s all worn down.
Maybe the dad is really in space. Maybe he's dead. Maybe he's
left the mother and she's told an exciting lie. Maybe she's still in
love with him. How exactly cats made out of porcelain placed in
the window are meant to guard anyone is not clear to me (as if
anything else about this song is). For all I know, "her love" might
refer to the son as well as to the father.
> For years to come I will not forget you.
> As my son, as my pain.
> Time will heal what now feels so wounded.
> Tears are spilled, the holes will fill.
The mother again. Obviously there are wounds in the relationship
between mother and son. Are the wounds the holes that will fill?
Probably. - The not-too-clear poetry of it all keeps the mystery
of the song intact for the listener.
Not sure I'm right, but I gave it a go and sat down and looked at
the words for the first time. I dare you, the reader, to challenge my
reading of it.
PS: Michelle, have you received my e-mail of the 1st of May?
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Peter Brandt Nielsen
http://brandtnielsen.adr.dk