| Joanna Newsom – Emily Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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overlyelectrical: i 100% hear "dumbstruck, with the sweetness of being until we don't be; told: take this and eat this" hearing it in that manner, with the words placed like that is one of the greatest weights that the song carries for me personally. |
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| The Decemberists – We Both Go Down Together Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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It would be very nearly impossible for it to be a prequel, lest Leslie have died directly from her mother's impact -- never having been born at all, but it was implied that she was "birthed" in the lyrics, so again, there's no way this could be a prequel. Furthermore, it was stated that Leslie was "birthed down a dry revine" while the girl in this song would have been washed away into the ocean. As for this song, I think it is about suicide, the opening lyrics being the end of the story -- "Here on these cliffs of Dover / so high you can't see over / and while your head is spinning / hold tight, it's just beginning" It is hard to say, though, whether or not the girl jumped alone or if the boy did in fact push her, up until that point, believing he would jump off with her. "We both go down together" is sung very vindictively, but he pledges his allegiance to her several times throughout the song. Overall, I think it is about a dual suicide, off the wonderful white cliffs of dover. |
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