| Townes Van Zandt – Our Mother the Mountain Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| My thoughts when listeniing to this song is that it is about a woman, a borderline woman that is. They can be beautiful and very seductive, like Lorelei "Her skin fits her tightly and her lips do not lie". I came from such a relationship and I recognise some of my experience in the lyrics. It messes with your head and you perception of reality. She looks like the love you have been searching for you whole life. The relationship went into overdrive right at the start and you ignore the early warning: "the dogs have gone hunting". You let your guard down. As soon as you try to bond with her, her borderline acts up and she will break the relationship by saying the most evil things (your first born will surely be blind) and act like a monster. The borderline women can be seen as evil witches that put a spell on you. I assume Townes had a similar experience, most likely with an asian woman (black hair). In snake mountain blues he also sings of a "yellow-headed woman" who brings nothing but pain, takes all you give her and leaves nothing but shame. You can compare a borderline woman to Lorelei or the Sirens in Odyssey. Watch who you are loving! | |
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