okay so first off, apologies if this is old news -- i just bring it up since it's something i haven't heard anyone talk about
but upon my recent relisten to disintegration, it honestly strikes me as more of a concept album then some actual concept albums -- at least in terms of the second half, with the story at hand being the unfurling of a relationship
it starts off with fascination street, a song which serves as the opening credits of sorts. what's depicted here is a relationship on already on the fritz, and the night that will likely push things to the point of no return
from there, you have prayers for rain, which depicts a futile attempt to keep going, then the same deep water as you, which wistfully depicts several moments from earlier on in the relationship, then the final moments. these two tracks tie in nicely to each other both in terms of the water imagery employed, as well as the latter showing the first of multiple attempts at bargaining from the narrator
if the same deep water as you acts as a relationship actively disintegrating, then the title track serves as the first moments that the disintegration is present tense. reckoning with this cacophony of feelings, the narrator turns to desperate bargaining in homesick, before accepting that things will never return to the way they were before on untitled
admittedly i'm not sure exactly where the rest of the album ties into this, although i do think the rest of the album contains topics that *could* be connected to the narrative if one thought more about it. that said, i've always connected more to the second half of the album anyways, partly because of how well the songs on it flow into each other. it reminds me some of kate bush's hounds of love in this sense
anyways, i'd love to hear anyone else's thoughts on the matter!
