They are not imprisoned against their will but because they chose to be there, or because their actions led them there. * "We are all just prisoners here, of our own device" People indulging in hedonism, or their personal addiction, need to make up excuses to the people around them ("I can stop at any time", "it's just because I'm feeling stressed at the moment" etc.). Replace "alibis" with "excuses", think of "better have your excuses ready when you enter here". It can either refer to his soul or, more obviously, to his fresh enthusiasm - "we haven't seen someone as genuinely happily looking for excitement as you in years". It's rather a comment on the protagonist's spirit. * "We haven't had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine"Ĭontrary to what some may believe, "that spirit" does not refer to "my wine" in the line before.
It can also be understood as a comment on the protagonist's innocence ("he's new to this, yet untouched by the consequences of his choice").
Think of a predator saying "Now you look tasty, honey" to his potential prey. That is a comment made by one of the voices regarding the protagonist. See the common metaphor of "hearing bells" for "falling in love". So hearing the bell is a metaphor for hearing the call of seduction. The woman is another metaphor for seduction, hedonism, addiction, sin, or whatever one believes the main theme of the song to be. As such, it's a perfect analogy to drug addiction. This rush can be quite deadly as it often makes the diver believe he can breathe underwater and makes him throw his scuba gear away. It's an expression from divers' slang, describing the rush experienced from coming back up to sea level too quickly. "To have the bends" means "to feel a rush", or more figuratively, "to be crazy for".
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A couple of hints for translators (not going into a full interpretation as there are too many):
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