| Patrick Wolf – To The Lighthouse Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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To me, the song is about Godrevy Point, where Virginia Woolf sets her novel 'To The Lighthouse'. The lyrics also talk about the author herself, and the novel. For instance, "build your castle, stop collecting stones and the river bed shall not be your home" could be about Woolf's suicide. She walked into the river nearby her house with pockets of stones, which she had collected. They weighed her down and aided her drowning. " I am sorry that you came to find "great great minds against themselves conspire'" for me, relates to Woolf's epsiodes of debilitating 'madness' and depression, which eventually lead to her death. Throughout the lyrics of the songs there are refrences to the novel 'To The Lighthouse' which only can be seen once you've read the book. This is just a very beautiful song about a great subject. |
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