Red Mosquito

stupidmop wrote:Is he never letting her go cause he loves her? Or Is he never going to be able to let her go even though he wants to because she screwed him over or something.

Release_Me wrote:Well, to me they're painting a vivid picture. It starts off with Ed talking about a lover who sort of imposes herself on him and he can't resist her or isn't allowed to. He's thinking that this is someone I can't let go. As the song progresses and the references to weeds and seeds come in, to me it sounds as if she is manipulating/using him. Near the end of the song where he sings:

And with no repair in sight there is
No God with such might
As you open her world.. wide with such a view.
And Your efforts to arrive
As she finally decides
That all her problems, they will die with you

To me, this isn't a comforting love song. It has the protagonist complete helpless in the face of a lover who actually turns out to be a bitch, so to speak. The last lines where he sings:

She’s a lightning bolt
Never let her go

The reason Ed sings these more aggressively than at any other part of the song is that he probably realises what she's doing but he still won't let her go, for whatever reason. It's the classic PJ song with upliftin music but a far from positive theme. Thematically, I can liken this to Betterman. Roles are reversed of course.

Of course, I may be complete wrong about this and you can lambast this post in that case

stupidmop wrote:'well she might have been your 'lightning bolt' your crazy once in a lifetime love once, but now you're screwed cause she'll always be there in some form'

harmless wrote:

Release_Me wrote:

harmless wrote:

Release_Me wrote:And with no repair in sight there is
No God with such might
As you open her world.. wide with such a view.
And Your efforts to arrive
As she finally decides
That all her problems, they will die with you

These lyrics make no actual sense.

I'm pretty sure when Alive came out, the lyrics didn't make much sense and if anything, people believed it was a celebratory song.

Not if you listened to that bridge. Made perfect, dark and freaky sense.

stupidmop wrote:

stupidmop wrote:Is he never letting her go cause he loves her? Or Is he never going to be able to let her go even though he wants to because she screwed him over or something.

Release_Me wrote:Well, to me they're painting a vivid picture. It starts off with Ed talking about a lover who sort of imposes herself on him and he can't resist her or isn't allowed to. He's thinking that this is someone I can't let go. As the song progresses and the references to weeds and seeds come in, to me it sounds as if she is manipulating/using him. Near the end of the song where he sings:

And with no repair in sight there is
No God with such might
As you open her world.. wide with such a view.
And Your efforts to arrive
As she finally decides
That all her problems, they will die with you

To me, this isn't a comforting love song. It has the protagonist complete helpless in the face of a lover who actually turns out to be a bitch, so to speak. The last lines where he sings:

She’s a lightning bolt
Never let her go

The reason Ed sings these more aggressively than at any other part of the song is that he probably realises what she's doing but he still won't let her go, for whatever reason. It's the classic PJ song with upliftin music but a far from positive theme. Thematically, I can liken this to Betterman. Roles are reversed of course.

Of course, I may be complete wrong about this and you can lambast this post in that case

We're on the same wavelength!

I even think the chorus could be kinda sarcastic. He's saying 'well she might have been your 'lightning bolt' your crazy once in a lifetime love once, but now you're screwed cause she'll always be there in some form'


However I will be completely unsprised if its actually another love song about eds wife.

harmless wrote:Those lyrics are so syntactically screwed up, the story could be anything you wanted.

McParadigm wrote:

stupidmop wrote:'well she might have been your 'lightning bolt' your crazy once in a lifetime love once, but now you're screwed cause she'll always be there in some form'

So a song about marriage.

Release_Me wrote:
And with no repair in sight there is
No God with such might
As you open her world.. wide with such a view.
And Your efforts to arrive
As she finally decides
That all her problems, they will die with you

Walker Bait wrote:

harmless wrote:

Release_Me wrote:And with no repair in sight there is
No God with such might
As you open her world.. wide with such a view.
And Your efforts to arrive
As she finally decides
That all her problems, they will die with you

These lyrics make no actual sense.

I think it means that shes feeling the same way about the relationship and that she sees HIM as her main problem and when he dies she will be problem free. lol thats what I'm taking away from it anyway.

dprival78 wrote:

Release_Me wrote:
And with no repair in sight there is
No God with such might
As you open her world.. wide with such a view.
And Your efforts to arrive
As she finally decides
That all her problems, they will die with you

i'm hearing:

as she finally decides
that all the problems.. they won't die with you.

Thejambi wrote: Boy is insecure
Girl is assertive and makes him her bitch
He assimilates to what will make her happy
He goes along with it but feels empty
Something happens to where he realizes he's a schmuck and she is a bitch
Her dominance is broken down back to the sand from which the relationship was built
He finally stands up for himself and is assertive
she says fuck it your a piece of shit and I don't need you

Release_Me wrote:

dprival78 wrote:

Release_Me wrote:
And with no repair in sight there is
No God with such might
As you open her world.. wide with such a view.
And Your efforts to arrive
As she finally decides
That all her problems, they will die with you

i'm hearing:

as she finally decides
that all the problems.. they won't die with you.

This could be right. I'm not sure it changes the meaning of the song too much though.

Release_Me wrote:Probably means that in the end, they just mutually decide to stick together despite everything.

McParadigm wrote:

Thejambi wrote: Boy is insecure
Girl is assertive and makes him her bitch
He assimilates to what will make her happy
He goes along with it but feels empty
Something happens to where he realizes he's a schmuck and she is a bitch
Her dominance is broken down back to the sand from which the relationship was built
He finally stands up for himself and is assertive
she says fuck it your a piece of shit and I don't need you

So...still a song about marriage.

stupidmop wrote:

Release_Me wrote:Probably means that in the end, they just mutually decide to stick together despite everything.

Or she realised the error of her ways and leaves him

Thejambi wrote:

stupidmop wrote:

Release_Me wrote:Probably means that in the end, they just mutually decide to stick together despite everything.

Or she realised the error of her ways and leaves him

nah she's staying with him for that fat pension and life insurance.

dprival78 wrote:are we sure that is about the relationship between a man and woman, and not, say, man and nature?