| Bon Iver – Minnesota, WI Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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LostatLimbo, Your interpretation is very well and I agree to most of it. I think this song does have a lot to do coping with a new lifestyle. The Three Gorge dam may be a different matter though, as it was in China it probably affected the ethnic Hmong in China. However many of the Hmong that currently reside in the US (Minnesota and Wisconsin) are those that were relocated here after the Vietnam War. My guess is: "settle past a patience where wishes and your will are spilling pictures" Letting go of the past and ‘wishes and will spilling pictures’ means fond memories of the old country. "water�s running through in the valley where we grew to write this this scripture:" This might be referring to the popular flower cloth in which the story depicts the Hmong crossing the Mekong river to escape persecution. "you know it won�t beseech you, we�re laying in an open field I will let you grow, no need to know this" I think this could mean that looking at the past life won’t do any good. Rather the open field means a new life in a new country. “so carry on my dear, what is clear up in the daylight is we�re hung here fall is coming soon, a new year for the moon and the Hmong here” This is the home of the Hmong now, and as always they celebrated a new year in their old country they shall do here as well. |
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