As mentioned in Interpretations:Contrecoup (Demo), this is a fairly straightforward song if you know the obscure words they use:
So, to summarize: Guy gets hit in the head, falls in love, but his vocabulary goes all obtuse and no one can understand him.
Small note: I think the accompaniement becoming faster and then fading out represents the singer descending into madness in the moments before he dies. Perhaps the contrecoup was more severe than he thought?
I'm just here to explain the word origins of contrecoup. (yay! learning!) Coup is the French word for a hit, or blow; however, my friend has just pointed out that Linnell is saying contrecoo, or at least, pronouncing it that way... Contra is a perfix meaning "opposite", or "Contrary". Therefore, Contrecoup would be a blow opposite the site of the hit. Sounds painful...
Note the change in the first chorus from, "And the second was worse by far than the first 'Cause it made me limerent" (where the second impact caused the speaker to fall in love) to a later chorus of, "And the second was worse by far than the first 'Cause the first one woke my feelings for you" (where the first impact caused the speaker to fall in love).
After I found out what contrecoup and limerent mean, I've become completely convinced that the song is about Krazy Kat.
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