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| Marillion – Splintering Heart Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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I guess this is a general comment about Hogarth's writing on Season's End. There seems to be a recurring theme in his lyrics of growing hard and cynical -- Season's End? The season of youth (the exuberance, the dreams, the optimism, trust, etc.) comes to an end. This song seems to be just another perspective on that theme. |
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| Marillion – After Me Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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Forgot one thing... he seems to be saying that he finds it difficult to have that dream again - maybe having grown cynical in his travels and life experience. |
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| Marillion – After Me Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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About a girl who loved him, and was ready for commitment, but he wasn't. The first half, her perspective, seems to be all metaphor - a broken relationship that she can't forget - he's the stray dog.
The second half is more literal - his perspective at the time that he knew her. He ultimately realizes that what he wanted to go off and search for is really what he had with her... but its too late to mend broken hearts. |
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| Marillion – King Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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I take this to be about Elvis, and as the previous post says - ...and others like him. The title lends a clue, and the passage in the middle "People you touch... People you don't know..." Seems to protray a long career where your old fans fade away and new ones have an expectation that you can't escape. A longer career than Kurt Cobain had. In the context of Elvis, the line "They send you pictures of yourself, It's someone you don't know" - takes on a double-meaning - Elvis impersonators, and becoming such a caricature that you don't even see yourself anymore. |
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