| Leonard Cohen – So Long, Marianne Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I think the line about 'you've gone and changed your name again' means she has re-married. To me this song is to an ex-girlfriend explaining why they broke up but he is saying that he still loves her and wants to be in touch again to 'laugh and cry' about the past because so much time has passed they should be able to now. The first verse is explaining how he thinks of himself as a ‘gypsy boy’ a free spirit who has no material home until the day when he submitted to her and let her take him home and look after him. The second verse is saying how he loved this life but it wasn’t how he wanted to live and there were more important things for him to be doing rather than just being happy and loved up. I think he felt she was smothering him and making him lose sight of his original goals and the path he was on to begin with. I think the relationship ended because he felt he was being tied down: 'you held on to me like i was a crucifix' and 'your fine spiderweb fastening my ankle to a stone' and he woke up one morning feeling alone and isolated. He blamed her for the way he felt and was ‘cold as a new razor blade’ to her so eventually she left. I have absolutely no idea what the last 2 lines mean tho ‘…to wash my eyelids in the rain’ !! That’s just my interpretation but whatever it means it is a lovely song! |
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| Bob Dylan – Queen Jane Approximately Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Of course this song is about Joan Baez! definately not about pot. and he only says things like 'its about a man' to make it sound more interesting and like everyone has actually missed the point entirely. but whatever its about it is an awesome song, one of my favourites! | |
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