Well, as someone who writes the odd abstract "artistic" lyrics, I have, against my better judgement, sometimes explained my lyrics and it bugs me to do so, because I really like people to find their own meanings in anything I write. And the worst thing is, the people you end up explaining the song for are the ones who don't like the song anyway, and learning what the song really meant never alters their opinion! NEVER! But you can detract from someone else's enjoyment of the song by revealing it doesn't mean what they thought it did.

So I will never explain my songs from now on - not even under torture.

Lucian.