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Re: Quantum Baby
Posted: 12 Nov 2024, 14:05
by alanm
Reckon it's about sex.
"thousand suns" -> orgasm
"one and one is only one" -> i.e. beast with two backs
"fade into the one" -> love is over in the morning
Anyway Von's never been one to fit one meaning in a line when two will do.
Re: Quantum Baby
Posted: 19 Nov 2024, 06:24
by lilac
FadeInto1 wrote: ↑12 Nov 2024, 09:11
That's nice of you to say, cheers.
I suppose the other part of the lyric that has got me on this line of thinking is "One and one is only one", which I think encapsulates the loneliness of witnessing one's partner lose all memory of their self: you can be sat there with someone who is the other half of you, and find yourself despairing that
one plus one no longer equals two. At the same time: we are made of stardust, and perhaps in some cosmic sense, the process by which two people "fade into one" is a process of unification. At some point, if I'm the last person left to remember you, then all that can be known of you is in me.
I really feel strongly that QB imagines (or maybe documents) a dialogue between two people whose relationship is collapsing at the same rate as one partner's mind.
Sorry nothing constructive to add but I have to echo that this is a really lovely interpretation.