She stepped down from her carriage at 10 Vermillon Street I took off my roustabout and slung it to her feet We went into her parlor and she cooled me with her fan But said i'll go no further with a fantasy makin'man     I said i'd walk on Ponchatrain for what you have today Just to drink from your deep well and i'll be on my way She laughed and heaven filled the room said this i give to you This body's wisdom is the flesh,but here's a thing or two Death and hell are never full     And neither are the eyes of men    Cats can fly from nine stories high    And pigs can see the wind   She let me make my pallet in the moonlight on the floor Just outside of paradise but right in hell's back door The image of her nibbled at the eye of my soul My dreams were a hurricane and quite out of control     Then her voice came through the storm it's more than flesh i deal You will have to pay for any wisdom that you steal I awoke to tinted windows and lavender and red The first station of the cross is just above my head I awoke to gargoyles and a hard bench for my bed Jesus Christ and Pontias Pilate were just above my head 

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À propos de la chanson

La chanson raconte l'histoire d'une rencontre intrigante entre un homme et une femme, qui se déroule dans un cadre mystérieux. À travers cette interaction, on découvre une tension entre désir et réalité, où la femme évoque la vanité des aspirations humaines face à des vérités profondes. Elle lui révèle que la sagesse a un prix et que la vie et la mort sont des concepts inéluctables, toujours inachevés chez l’homme. Le cadre est fortement symbolique, avec une ambiance qui oscille entre le paradisiaque et l'enfer. Les images évocatrices de la chanson renforcent cette dualité, entre le rêve et la souffrance, entre l'aspiration à la connaissance et le coût de celle-ci. Les références religieuses et les éléments fantastiques créent une atmosphère à la fois mystique et troublée, où la quête de sens devient inextricable de l'expérience humaine.