| The Rolling Stones – Lady Jane Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| UKHIST might well be right about Marie being The Lady Mary, but is certainly wrong about Jane being a good stepmother to Elizabeth and Mary. Perhaps she was kind to Mary, but she was uterlly rude to Elizabeth, and called her "Mark Smeaton's bastard", and would not call her back to court. "Lady Anne" is Anne of Cleves, as there is no hint of former romance or hatred in his words as there would have been for Anne Boleyn. | |
| The Rolling Stones – Lady Jane Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Oh, and the "Dear Lady Anne" would be Anne of Cleves, who he married and subsoquently divorced after the pathetic death of Jane. | |
| The Rolling Stones – Lady Jane Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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It is in fact about Jane Seymour, why I'm not quite sure. She was an ugly old cow who had nothing to offer the world except her sickly son who died at 15. The Marie is the Virgin Mary, he (being Henry VIII), is dying and looking forward to seeing his "True Queen"(true Queen she was not, she has Anne Boleyn's blood allll over her crown jewls). "the sand have run out" making reference to that. |
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| The Fray – How To Save A Life Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I know this probably is not what they had in mind when writing this song; but geek that I am, it absolutely reminds me of it. I don't know how many of you are familiar with the love triangle between King Henry VIII, Katherine of Aragon, and Anne Boleyn which took place from 1527-1536. Basically Henry was in love with Anne, who wanted to be Queen, and ended up putting Katherine aside as a wife. The first two verses remind me of Katherine's story, especially the "You'll be begin to wonder why you came"(because Katherine was originally from Spain and came to England to be Queen) and the "Pray to God he hears you"(Katherine was extremely religous). There are several other parts of the first two verses that remind me of that particular situation, and anyone familiar with the story would certainly know what I'm reffering to. The rest of the song reminds me of Anne Boleyn's story, who eventually got what she wanted, and became queen...but only for a short 1000 days. In order to divorce Katherine, Henry broke with the Catholic church, or Anne would not marry him ("Drop till you loose the road, or break with the ones you follow") Almost immediately after becoming Queen, Henry looses interest in Anne and takes up with one of her ladies-in-waiting, but will not admit to it ("He will do one of two things, he will admit to everything, or he'll say he's just not the same")...when she fails to have a son, he has her arrested and subsequently beheaded....the beats towards the end of the song remind me of the beating drum that are played before a person was executed in those days. It probably reminds no one else of this, but it certainly does me =) |
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