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| The Decemberists – Shankill Butchers Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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One thing thats really amazing about this song is how simple the words are, but how precise they are. Before the Shankhill Butchers went to work so to speak they would do heavy drinking in the taverns along shankhill road. "taking their whisky by the pint" also "sweet little boys" one of the shankhill butchers was only 16. "catch you awake" -they would torture victims, sometimes skinning them alive extremely slowly. Anywho, whats really screwed up is that the shankhill butchers were all exhonerated seeing as how they were considered insurgents. some of them are still alive and free to this day. |
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| The Decemberists – Sons and Daughters Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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During WWII, some children we're sent away from Europe as are the children in the book Lord of the Flies. Hence tracks untraceable, as in safe; also it was mentioned previously that aluminum is a weak metal and cinnamon has no nutritional value, and thats precisely why those things are mentioned. The message is overly hopeful, either because many of the "Dirigibles" that were sent away with the select children were destroyed or they would be returning to a land demolished, showing that these dreams were exactly that; just dreams. Also, as for the matter of Here of Hear, its likely that colin knew that it would be difficult to discern which one he meant, and thus probably meant both. |
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