Black Tin Box
Exploring the Enigmatic Tale in Miike Snow's Black Tin Box
Lyrics
I bought you a black tin box,
I purchased a black tin box for you.
Something to put your jewelry in.
Intended for storing your jewelry.
But it struck me as the property of the childless.
However, it seemed more fitting for someone without children.
It was cold out and warm in.
The weather outside was cold, but it was warm inside the box.
The edges were sharp.
The box had sharp edges.
The edges were sharp.
Repeated mention of the sharp edges, possibly emphasizing danger or discomfort.
Take me down the hillside.
Request to be taken to a hillside to see where someone used to play.
Show me where they used to play.
-Take me down the hillside.
-Show me where they used to play.
-Black sheep, black sheep, in the aftershocks
Reference to a "black sheep" facing challenges or hardships in the aftermath.
Thought he could survive in the black tin box.
-Black sheep, black sheep, in the aftershocks
-Thought you could survive in the black tin box.
-I mailed you a Dutch postcard
Sent a postcard from the Netherlands trying to provide comfort.
Where I tried to be comforting.
Expressing an attempt to console or reassure the recipient.
There were kids, my neighbors, on the sidewalk
Observation of children playing superhero on the sidewalk.
Playing superman.
-But the edges were sharp.
Reiteration of the sharp edges, emphasizing their significance.
The edges were sharp.
-Take me down the hillside.
Repetition of the desire to be shown where someone used to play on the hillside.
Show me where they used to play.
-Take me down the hillside.
-Show me where they used to play.
-Your sisters and you,
Description of the narrator's sisters running through the orange light after sunset.
Running through the orange light of the after-day.
-Black sheep, black sheep, in the aftershocks
Reiteration of the "black sheep" theme, suggesting a struggle to survive within the black tin box.
Thought he could survive in the black tin box.
-Black sheep, black sheep, in the aftershocks
-Thought you could survive in the black tin box.
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