| Regina Spektor – Prisoners Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I personally wouldn't put H.C. AndersEn's fairy tales down as ones "to scare kids into behaving", and if I DID put it down as something like that, I'd change the "kids" to "people." Anyhoo... yes. I'm thinking the Andersen references are more sexual. You see, Andersen was sexually quite frustrated. Some say he was gay, others bisexual, some think he died a virgin, and a lot of people think he was a Big Masturbator. There's even people who think that he went to brothels and just watched, or not even that. He had obsessions with a lot of people, wrote passionate love letters to them, and most of the time (probably all), he was scorned. His tales are often interpreted as expressions of his frustrations in love and sex etc. Because of this I think the song could very well be about, at least partly, sexual frustration (and MAYBE also frustration with and desire for love). If Andersen had had his way with her she would no longer be frustrated etc. The idea of prisoners supports this, and the release with the crumbling walls would be sexual release and sense of freedom. The "mermaid" refers to the Little Mermaid, who desired the prince but her love was not returned (for those who only know the disney version, in the origional if she did not get the prince to love her in time one of them would die. At the end of the time given, he still wasn't in love with her so she killed herself so that he might live). The use of the word "priest" also makes sense if this were the case, as they help to instill society's pressures that sex and desire is a dirty thing. |
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| Regina Spektor – Love Affair Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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What I love about the lyrics is that you're not sure exactly what the affair is etc. I mean, is the mother the mother of the man's lover, or is the MOTHER the lover? And whose is the child? Is it his, or another man's (the man who made the mother the mother). I don't know about the child, but I reckon it's the mother who's having the affair - "you'll never find a mother who doesn't appreciate a natural man." |
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| Regina Spektor – Sailor Song Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I'm thinking that Mary Ann is definately a ship, and that the bleeding lips refer to chapped lips that you're likely to get doing hard labour on a ship at sea. KC: Hmm... well I've made my opinion clear, but against the Cap'ains daughter I'll say that I doubt she'd be on the boat, especially in a war situation, which this could quite possibly be. JamieLynne: "still I taught this giant bottle" makes no sense to me, and "still I taught this giant bottle dressed in white we quitely huddle" makes EVEN less sense to me. |
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