| Daughter – Smother Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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Wow, I have a totally different view of this song from everyone else that has posted. I find that really interesting. :-) But I know that music is always up for interpretation so I thought that I would share my point of view. To me, it sounds like a mother who is dying or has died during childbirth and the repercussions after that and the guilt that the daughter feels because of the loss. "I'm wasted, losing time" - is the mother communicating her knowledge of her final moments before passing "I'm a foolish, fragile spine" - is perhaps the daughter communicating to her mother that she's just a small being coming into the world; she feels like she's disposable. "I want all that is not mine. I want him but we're not right " - I feel like this might be the mother communicating her fear of losing out on the life that she wishes she could lead if she had just one more day. "In the darkness I will meet my creators. And they will all agree, that I'm a suffocator" - This I also feel like could be taken from either ones perspective. The mother has left her physical body and is ready to meet her maker. And she feels like she had suffocated the ones she loved by loving them and wanting them so strongly. And transversely the daughter is being born to meet her creator, and the people that birthed her into the world. And at the same time she feels the shame of everyone knowing that she is the reason why her mother died. "I should go now quietly For my bones have found a place To lie down and sleep Where all my layers can become reeds All my limbs can become trees All my children can become me What a' mess I leave To follow..." - I feel like this is the mother saying her final goodbyes and coming to terms with the fact that there will be life after her passing. "For my bones have found a place to lie down and sleep" I interpret as her being buried and becoming one with the earth. Which is mirrored in the following lyrics about her limbs becoming trees. And her children will grow up and also mirror her in appearance etc. When she says "What a mess I leave to follow" I feel like she's remorseful about the pain she's caused and the difficulty her children will have being motherless. "I'm sorry if I smothered you" - I feel like this is the daughter telling her mother that she's sorry that she was the reason she died. "I sometimes wish I'd stayed inside My mother Never' to come out" - I feel like this is the daughter communicating to us, the listeners, that she wishes that things had turned out differently. Sometimes she wishes that she wasn't born. All in all, I think that this is a beautiful song. I cried while listening to it the first time without even knowing the lyrics. And perhaps my interpretation may be a bit off in comparison to other people's opinions but I feel like songs like this deserve credit where its due. And I absolutely love this song! |
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