Fall in Love
A Soul's Descent: Steve Kilbey's Poignant Tale of Love and Despair
Lyrics
I knew this man, he had some kind of fatal affliction.
The speaker knew a man suffering from a severe and fatal affliction.
Each day, a tiny particle, a small drop of his soul, leaked or
Every day, a small part of the man's soul leaked or escaped into the air.
Escaped into the air, out beyond the insipid the gray sky and
These soul particles drifted beyond the mundane gray sky into dead space.
Into dead space.
Refers to a space devoid of life or vitality.
The paranormal specialist could find no way to plug the tiny perforations
Paranormal specialists couldn't find a way to stop the soul leakage.
Which dripped his spirit behind him as he went on down the highway.
The man's spirit was leaving behind a trail as he moved through life.
Fall in love with me, fall in love with me
Invitation or plea to someone to fall in love with the speaker.
It's not impossible
Emphasizes that falling in love is not an impossible feat.
Fall in love with me, fall in love with me
Reiteration of the invitation to fall in love.
It's not impossible
Reiterates that falling in love is achievable.
It was attributed to hashish and opium addiction, excessive womanizing,
Various factors attributed to the man's soul depletion, including drug addiction, womanizing, money, flattery, and a charmed but uncharming life.
Lashings of money and flattery, and a charmed, but not charming life.
Describes the man's life and the contributors to his soul depletion.
Who can describe the agony of this gradual soul depletion?
Raises the question of how to describe the agony of gradual soul depletion.
Too cowardly to take his own life, he roamed the cafes and cabarets
The man, too afraid to end his own life, seeks out companions with similar afflictions in cafes and cabarets.
Searching out other wretches who shared his most hideous malady,
Describes the man's search for others sharing his malady.
And they spent their days in sophistry and idle banter, as their
They spend their time in meaningless discussions as their essence continues to drain away.
Essence oozed, and the void moved ever closer.
Emphasizes the constant approach of emptiness as their essence diminishes.
Fred, the man, charlatan bastard, poor piteous doomed puppet,
Introduces Fred, a man immersed in vices, described as a charlatan bastard and a doomed puppet.
Immersed himself in these vices, but this only exacerbated his
Fred's engagement in vices accelerates his demise.
Demise more rapidly.
Points to the worsening of Fred's situation due to his vices.
Eventually he could derive pleasure from nothing, the most lurid
Eventually, Fred finds no pleasure in anything, be it explicit content or sacred scriptures.
Pornography or the most holy scriptures failed to arouse him from his
Highlights Fred's inability to find stimulation in extremes of experience.
Stupor, his boredom.
Describes Fred's state of stupor and boredom.
Great cities, or the endless beautiful plains stretched out before
Even grand sights like cities and beautiful plains fail to evoke any emotion in Fred.
His jaded gaze and disappeared into the nothingness of his feeling.
Fred's jaded gaze extends over vast landscapes, yet he remains emotionally detached.
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