| Joanna Newsom – Sawdust and Diamonds Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I wanted to say: why the long face? sparrow, perch and play songs of long face burro, buck and bray songs of long face! sing: I will swallow your sadness and eat your cold clay just to lift your long face and though it may be madness, I will take to the grave your precious longface and though our bones they may break, and our souls separate - why the long face? and though our bodies recoil from the grip of the soil - why the long face? I feel like in this part, Joanna is talking about someone close to her who died unhappy (hence the "long face"). She wishes she could bring them back to life, by eating the "cold clay" they're buried under, just to make them feel better. I've read that one of her best friends passed away while she was on tour. Apparently, Cosmia is about them, and as all of the lyrics on Ys are connected in one way or another, maybe this is another connection. |
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