Song Details
- Album Release Date: 2006-02-21
- Album Name: Cannibal Sea
Song Meaning (Interpretation) of “Sin City” by The Essex Green
‘Sin City’, by The Essex Green, captures the darker side of a city life – the thrills and the temptations, the loneliness and the despair. The narrator paints a picture of a hedonistic lifestyle, full of late-night benders, misguided love affairs, hopes for better days, and feeling out of place in a world that’s always spinning too fast. There’s a sense of emptiness, of constantly looking for something that isn’t there, and of battling to keep your hopes alive in a world of cruel realities. The narrator feels like a small speck, trying to make sense of an ever-changing Tower of Babel. Despite the seductiveness of it all, the song also conveys a discomfort in the knowledge that whatever can be gained is at a cost. This is a song about the struggle to find a place and orientation in a hostile environment, a warning that all sinners, if not careful, will succumb to the city’s dark embrace.