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Margaret, array the rocks around the hull before we're sinking,
A million stones, a million bones, a million holes within the chinking.
And painting rings around your eyes, these peppered holes so filled with crying.
A whisper weight upon the tattered down where you and I were lying.
Tell me now, tell me this, a forest's son, a river's daughter?
A willow on the willow wisp, our ghost will wander all of the water.
So let's be married here today, these rushing waves to bear our witness,
And we will lie like river stones, rolling only where it takes us.
[Chorus]
But I pulled you and I called you here,
And I caught you and I brought you here
These hazards of love, never more will trouble us.
Margaret, the lapping waves are licking quietly at our ankles
Another bow, another breath, this brilliant chill has come for the shackle.
With this long last rush of air we speak our vows in starry whisper,
And when the waves came crashing down, he closed his eyes and softly kissed her.
But I pulled you and I called you here,
And I caught you and I brought you here
These hazards of love, never more will trouble us.
And these hazards of love, never more will trouble us.
A million stones, a million bones, a million holes within the chinking.
And painting rings around your eyes, these peppered holes so filled with crying.
A whisper weight upon the tattered down where you and I were lying.
Tell me now, tell me this, a forest's son, a river's daughter?
A willow on the willow wisp, our ghost will wander all of the water.
So let's be married here today, these rushing waves to bear our witness,
And we will lie like river stones, rolling only where it takes us.
[Chorus]
But I pulled you and I called you here,
And I caught you and I brought you here
These hazards of love, never more will trouble us.
Margaret, the lapping waves are licking quietly at our ankles
Another bow, another breath, this brilliant chill has come for the shackle.
With this long last rush of air we speak our vows in starry whisper,
And when the waves came crashing down, he closed his eyes and softly kissed her.
But I pulled you and I called you here,
And I caught you and I brought you here
These hazards of love, never more will trouble us.
And these hazards of love, never more will trouble us.
Lyrics submitted by MarcelLionheart, edited by Hrimrisar
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It's a bit tougher to figure out the context of this track, but my take is that after The Rake is haunted/killed by his children, Margaret and William escape back to the river. They try to cross, but the Annan Water sinks their boat. It could be that they were truly trying to return to the Taiga, but I like to think that since William made the deal with Annan Water to let him cross but not return, Margaret agreed to perish with him in the river. She would rather be with him in death than let him be taken by the Queen of the Taiga.
i was thinking exactly the same thing. william's "deal" with the river in "annan water" was that as long as he was able to cross and be with margaret, then the river could take him on the way back. the way i see it, they can consider it a death if the make it back to the taiga anyway, because in "the wanting comes in waves" the queen permits william his one night, but says that in the morning, she will take him back (away from margaret) and that will be him repaying his debt to her for saving him and keeping him safe for his whole life. they would rather die together than live without each other.<br /> <br /> this is one of the most beautiful sad songs.
right on. all though I think that what occurs in Hazards 3 and Wanting (Reprise) is actually William coming onto the scene, killing the Rake, and freeing Margaret.<br /> <br /> It's actually a rather graceful, subtle turn that Meloy chooses to omit what might otherwise have been the climax. This is a story about love, not revenge. What of the Rake's back story then? He exists as a foil to William, the original anti-hero shape-changing seducer. <br /> <br /> The baby is still in the womb as of their death. It either 1) dies, perhaps becoming a ghost a la Leslie Anne Levine off Castaways 2) miraculously surfaces by the water and lives, as in The Island off The Crane Wife or 3) is rescued, as William himself was by the Queen (very similar situation) -- and thus restarting the cycle of the album's story. <br /> <br /> With either/all these answers, Meloy has accumulated a whole little universe of myth around his body of work.
i never thought of those connections to the other albums. i like the restarting of the cycle idea because i listen to the album on repeat so i like the possibility of that.<br /> <br /> and i could totally agree with william killing the rake and freeing margaret thing now that you say it and i look back on it.
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