shippothekit 2006-04-17 08:01:41    

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I think this song has a two way meaning that has been merged together, the song title the Seventh Stranger. He probably had a relationship with a girl that didn't go so well and they broke up, but he still can't stop thinking about her. The second part of it I think is meant to mean Saturday, because it's considered to be the seventh day. This is considered a holy day because this is the day god rested after creating the earth. Even through the seventh day (Saturday) is the holy day, most employers give Sunday off (the first day). So what I believe he's talking about parcially is that he never gets a break in life.

So I think the title "Seventh Stranger" means both about he never gets a break in life and that he's changed himself from past experiances.

Those words are all remainders - Things that the girl said to him, perhaps that she loves him and never wants the relationship to end.

Echos growing in the heart of twilight - Twilight can mean the declining of something that was fully achieved. I think he's talking about that their relationship was going so well and then it just gradually sunk down, and the echos are the thoughs he's having while their relationship is lessoning.

They lay back laughing at naivety's star. - Ok here I think he's saying that he feels that he was a fool because he thought that things were going so well when really they weren't. I don't think he means a real star I think he means he's the most naive person of all.

Awaken all those whispers, - A whisper can mean a secret, hint or a rumor. I think that he now realises the truth of things and whats really going on.

The dusty shadow of a passing favour - I think he's remembering all the things he did for her and to help the relationship work.

I wouldn't say that you were ruthless or right - She believed that the relationship was over for good, and she probably just shot him down in a second without giving him a lot of pity. He believed otherwise.

I couldn't see from so far. - He couldn't have known from the start of their relationship that it would have ended the way it did.

Was I chasing after rainbows? - He wonders now if he was just looking for the most perfect relationship, instead of love.

One thing for sure - you never answered when I called. - She never answered the phone when he called her.

And I wiped away the water from my face - The water from his face must be the tears he had after he was dumped, and now is over it.

To look through the eyes of a stranger... - He's saying that he's changed since then, and now will look for a better relationship.

For rumours in the wake of such a lonely crowd - The rumours probably about his relationship by the people who say it's hopeless. From experiance by their past relationships. (In the wake of...)

Trading in my shelter for danger - She was his "shelter" and since she's gone he has no one to protect him.

I'm changing my name just as the sun goes down - He's changing himself as soon as it ended.

In the eyes of the stranger! - Either she's the stranger now to him, or he's talking about his changed self.

Can't tell the real from reflections - He's unsure now if the people he is dating are actually looking to be a spouse or are just playing with him.

When all these faces look the same to me - He now thinks that all the relationships he's having will all turn out for the worst.

In every city such a desolate dream. - Everyone has dreams and desires that eventually become abandonded (aka, his relationship with the woman)

Some days are strange to number - Some days are just so crazy that you don't even want to remember them.

Some say the seventh sounds a little bit stranger - The seventh day (Saturday) is what I meant is here this is a holy day where god rested after making the earth, yet we get Sunday off and go to church on Sundays. Instead of Saturday.

A year of Sundays seems to have drifted right by - The days he does get off (Sundays) pass right by so quickly, and never seems to get a break in life.

I could have sworn in one evening. - Cont.

And I'm not seized in desperation, - He doesn't feel now that all hope is lost in his relationships.

No steel reproaches on the table from before. - He doesn't blame himself far the bad relationships (reproach=blame) (steel=strong) in the past.

But I still can feel those splinters of ice - He can still feel the pain from the bad relationships he's had.

I look through the eyes of a stranger... - His changed self.

(Rest of it is the same as before)

Walking away like a stranger - He ends his relationships as if he didn't know the people at all.