Top Rated Interpretation

BJM070963 September 11th, 2007 02:34PM  
First of all, it isn't "A Kiss from a Rose on the Grave", it is 'A Kiss from a Rose on the Grey'. With that said,

- 'There used to be a greying tower alone on the sea.
You became the light on the dark side of me.'

+ So there he was, a lone greying tower on the Sea. . .
He was lost, alone, misguided, a loner, the she found him(metaphorically) and changed his life for the better(the light) via LOVE(it is a love song, a waltz, but a love song as primarily).
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- 'Love remained a drug that's the high and not the pill.'

+ A reference to the drug called Love. A drug that often provides highs and lows similar to addiction/abuse cycles.
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- 'But did you know,That when it snows, My eyes become large and The light that you shine can be seen.'

+ This song phrase could be interpreted in many ways, I offer two intrpretations, the first, I have trouble with(note1). The second, makes no physiological sense buts sounds excellent but sounds excellent when versed.

first. . . Snow is Cocaine, when he is on it, he has an enhanced sensory experience)or whatever), which enables his to see her Aura. I don't like that interpretation because Seal, from what I have read, seen, and believe, is not one to take or mix drugs. Just because he may make the allusion to Cocaine, doesn't mean he is a user, but that it doesn't sound right in light of what we know about The Man. The guy is a fitness freak, married to one of the only models I consider well grounded. He is a perfecctionist.
He has kids. These things lead me to believe he wasn't referring to cocaine. like I said, I don't care for this version.

NEXT, more palatable version. . .

When it snows on the grey (a grey is a area on the sea, think English channel, or better, North Sea, where the weather is inclement and even when the Sun does shine, it isn't a bright sun.) Introducing Snow, changes his perception much like that of a child. With this change, he feels as though he knows her(reference to aura)completely.
This is a poetic interpretation). When it snows, your eyes(pupils) contract. But I don't think Seal meant the eyes from an ocular perspective, but from a characteristic perspective. With that said, I vote for #2
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- 'Baby'
+ aka, Baby Girl, Lover, Sweetheart, her. . . but it may also be a reference to her age because later in the song, he comments that Now that your Rose is in Bloom may hold more meaning).
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- 'I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey.'

+ Don't we all, nudge nudge say no more. What is a Kiss from a rose? Well, most of the time it would be a positive thing. One where the beauty of the Rose, the sweet fragrance sweet, the soft petals could be enjoyed. But every once in awhile, your goona catch a thorn in the lip.
Something very painful indeed. It is a restatement of drug called Love havings its uppps, but some downs.
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Another allusion to Loves similarities to Drugs. . .
'The more I get of you, Stranger it feels, yeah.'
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- And now that your rose is in bloom. A light hits the gloom on the grey.

+ I am not sure if this is an implication that he knew her before she became a woman, but maybe. . .
BUt now that she is a woman, its ON
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- There is so much a man can tell you,So much he can say.

+ He can't put into words what she is doing to him. It should say, There is ONLY so much a man can verbalize, but what would the fun be in that?
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- You remain, My power, my pleasure, my pain, baby
To me you're like a growing addiction that I can't deny.
Won't you tell me is that healthy, baby?

+ More Love is a Drug comparative
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...And if I should fall along the way
I've been kissed by a rose on the grave.

- This actually may be a legitimate reference to drug addiction as if is often called Falling down, or Falling Off, by addicts. . . Or, could just be more allusive wording.
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A very well drawn love story embedded in a Waltz

ANy additional thoughts out there?

sincerely,
bufo