Lyrics You Don't Fully Understand

[bruised_fruit]

I just assumed he has orange venetian blinds.

Originally Posted by Bambi

The one that I've always intended to ask Wire about if I bump into him in the street*.....

Look through my venetian blinds
Dusting the past off my mind
Seeing orange everywhere

So....... anyone??


*my ex actually did once bump into him in the street and, rather sweetly, the first time she got to say the words 'my boyfriend' about me was to Nicky Wire of all people.

[bruised_fruit]

"Just one thing before I get to sleep
Nothing here but the stains on my teeth
No, not blood, just liquid from you
I only wish it was the truth"

All I have are these petty small stains, signs that I've not been taking care of myself.

I wish I got 'liquid' from you (could be tears), but instead I get blood (easy to conclude that is about self-harm). I'm lying to myself trying to pretend you're not bleeding/suffering.

Originally Posted by Judge_yrself

Hello! Long time lurker, very occasional poster!

Does anyone else have Manics songs where you get the general gist/meaning of the song, but the meaning of certain lines escape you?

For example, I get what No Surface All Feeling is about, but that last verse -

"Just one thing before I get to sleep
Nothing here but the stains on my teeth
No, not blood, just liquid from you
I only wish it was the truth"

- has baffled me for more years than I'd care to admit.

Also, as a complete lyric, Intravenous Agnostic has always been completely unlockable to me. I mean, I don't think I'm unintelligent haha, but this one always feels like Nicky's speaking in tongues.

Anyone else had similar Manics lyric experiences?

[Routine Builder]

Originally Posted by Bambi

The one that I've always intended to ask Wire about if I bump into him in the street*.....

Look through my venetian blinds
Dusting the past off my mind
Seeing orange everywhere

So....... anyone??

I've always just pictured it being a sunset and it being golden hour glow perhaps signifying being closer to the end than the beginning. Also the colour orange represents the union which may have significance here as the lyrics deals with themes of Wales's subordination to England/United Kingdom.

[Son of Stopped]

Did type in "What blood condition makes you see orange" and got Gilbert's syndrome.

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/gilberts-syndrome/

Didn't he say he had that condition? I don't think it said anything about orange in the link as well!

[counterlanguage]

"Seeing orange everywhere" - it was explained at the time, it's about how local rivers around Blackwood turned orange as the closed mines flooded and iron ore deposits leaked into the water.

[Bambi]

Originally Posted by counterlanguage

"Seeing orange everywhere" - it was explained at the time, it's about how local rivers around Blackwood turned orange as the closed mines flooded and iron ore deposits leaked into the water.

Fascinating! So it ties back in with the water and the drowning and Wales and decay. Makes perfect sense.

Thanks for the other comments too, kids.

[Punk Skins]

Originally Posted by counterlanguage

"Seeing orange everywhere" - it was explained at the time, it's about how local rivers around Blackwood turned orange as the closed mines flooded and iron ore deposits leaked into the water.

Or he was in Portadown during marching season 🤔 🤷