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Sep 13th 2017!⃝"This has got to die
This has got to stop"
I think he is tired of all,of waiting, of suffer, of loving. He still loving so deep but its painfull. So he realiced this cannot go on.
"This has got to lie down"
This situation must clam down, relax and leave this hard point,cause its hurting him (both)
"Someone else on top"
Might be refering to "ok, go ahead and find someone else, I wont give motr"; or it might be talking about who rides the elephant.
"You can keep me pinned
Its easier to tease"
Its like "you can keep playing with me while you got me, while you let me go", cause, of course,he has not the will to end the relationship.
"But you cant paint an elephant
Quite as good as she"
Well, I think this "she" is the girl in his mind, is the same girl who cant paint this imaginare elephan, this idealistic elephan; so this real girl who cannot paint it, is the same girl he loves deeply but a "better" and idealistic version in his mind. Both, although have the same body, same face, same voice, are not the same.
"And she may cry like a baby
And she may drives me crazy"
She has a sweet and vulnerable side and she also she has this strog side that "drives me crazy"; again, two girsl in one (of course we also must tale this "drives me crazy" as in a desperate love way).
"Casue I am lately lonely"
We must remember he is still in the relationship, this hasnt end yet, otherwise he wouldnt say: "This has got to die/stop". So, even if she still there, he feels lonely because the girls in his mind is not with him.
"So why'd you have to lie?
I take it I'm your crutch.
The pillow in your pillow case.
Is easier to touch"
He's saying to him self like "there's no need of the idealistic girl in his mind,he could accept the real one, there is no need of ling. He might take everything she gives, no matter what, he can resist it; so he's the crutch, and aslo the idea in his mind (pillow in pillow case), the real one is "easier to touch to feel to be have".
"When you think you've sinned, do you fall upon your knees?"
So when she gets this realistic moments, when she really know she dont love him, she only plays wtih him, does she regret of treat him poorly?
"Or just sit within your picture"
It might be the egilatra moment when she actually feels proud of being bad with him so she looks proudly at her picture.
"You still forget the breeze"
People might feel that this line is related with "Blower's daughter", and may be, but I think the breeze is a commun point in Damien's songs. Like breeze represent everything,that goes and comes, sometimes refresh, sometimes even kills; but forget the breeze, still, is forget what is important in life, maybe, love.
"And she may rise
If I sing you down"
I think the girl might melt down when he sings (as a real singer), this, perhaps,is the only moment she does appreciate him, see he values gold, onl there.
"And she may wisely
Cling to the ground"
This is actually something like manupulation the situation. She know what she's doing and why she is doing it. She has the power, she knows exacly he is in love with these two girls inside one: her!
"'Cause I am lately
Horny
So why would she take me horny?"
Well, this is more manupulation of the situation by her side. Isnt it?
And here comes the good part:
"What's the point of this song?
Or even singing?"
What's the point of do or say something, he knows she doesnt love him, she's just playing and using him. So why should he bothers doing a song or ever singing to/for her?
"You've already gone
Why am I clinging?"
The idealistic girl is not longer there, he exacly knows the reallity, so why keep in the same point, but he's masochistic, he needs to stay and he will keep doing it all for her, 'till she stoped him. Thats why...
...he "(i) could throw it out.
And I (he) could live without"
He could perfectly does that, and live his life without her... but
"And I could do it all for you
I could be strong".
He could keep suffering all that shit and could be strong and stand it, or be strong and leave her, but he sincerely has not the will to do it, this is why he say "could" and not "can".
"Tell me, do you want me to lie?"
This is a very literal line. Do you want me to lie? Cause I could lie to you but we both know the truth... and this true is that...
"Because this has got to die
'Cause this has got to stop
This has got to lie down, down
With someone else on top"
Get back to the biggining, "please, leave me, cause I cant leave you, got not the will. Stop this suffering and kill me now, but set me free!".
"You can both keep me pinned
'Cause it's easier to tease"
He's again refering to both girls: the real one and the "her in his mind" (what she should be with him or what he really desired of her) and both tease with him, one for not exist and be in love with, other because does exist but is not in love with him for real.
"but you can't make me happy
Quite as good as me..."
This is the real clue: he can make himself happy imagine her being as he really wants her to be, the idealistic girl living and loving him in his mind... though, once again, his wil fails and... tells...
"Well, you know that's a lie".
This is something that happens to me all the time (and I think to all), we see someone and "fall in love" but we dont really know her/him, and we make up a idealistic image of this person, but, of course, the real person doesnt seems at all to our imaginare person, the we desilution ourselves. But, sometimes we rather stay with this real person to feed the idealistic person, to keep it alive. But we always know that "this has got to die".
