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| Bright Eyes – The Big Picture Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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to me, the"go stare into a cloud" line is claiming tahat the future and the infinite are impossible to predict. and the only thing that you can count on is that if there is a cloud, there will be rain. the cloud has a predictable future and it blocks the view of the sky, as well as everything beyond the world that conner is so unsure about. staring into the cloud is like the little picture |
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| The Decemberists – We Both Go Down Together Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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it's pretty clear to see that this song's storyline consists of the standard romeo and juliet/star-crossed lovers deal. mr. meloy seems to fancy this theme, using it in "o valencia!" as well. i don't think anyone was pushed, it's just the dual suicide trick - they would rather be dead together than alive and seperated. having said that, confettinettie, it is certainly possible to commit suicide over a veranda. especially if it is placed on the "cliffs of dover", which it clearly is. as for the leslie ann levine bit, it is plausible that the baby could have been "birthed down a dry revine" before the suicide. but, considering that the two died to be together, i doubt there was any rape involved even though our decemberists love to incorporate it just about anywhere they can. |
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| Simon and Garfunkel – Bleecker Street Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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beautiful song, clearly some biblical references and symbolism.
it seems to me that the shroud covering the streets is something unpure or unholy.
as it hides the sheperd from his sheep.
maybe it's hiding god(the sheperd) from his people(the sheep)? |
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| The Decemberists – The Bagman's Gambit Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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I feel like this song is definitely set quite a while before the cold war. I still like the idea, but I can't help seeing this song in a black and white setting. Also, Mr. Meloy uses the word motorcar, which makes it sound like there were also carriages being used at the time. Either way, it's a beautiful song. Someone should make a movie following the plot. I also wanted to say that whoever, on the last page, said that it sounds a bit like "A Day In The Life", that you are so correct. Very similar build up. That's why this song is amazing! |
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| The Decemberists – The Island: Come and See; The Landlord's Daughter; You'll Not Feel the Drowning Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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I completely agree with the belief of Come And See and The Landlord's Daughter being a paralell to The Tempest as well as The Highwayman. For me, Come And See is the story of a bellowing storm leading to the uncharted island "watched by Sycorax". It describes its undisturbed beauty and the curlews carving their arabesques (which is a brilliant line. Incase you didn't know, a curlew is a shorebird and an arabesque seems to be here used as the design that they carve into their tree trunks) The sailors are deserted on this island and where humans go, there tends to be imperfections and tragic flaws. I see this section as a sort of corruption of a garden of eden. Though I may be wrong, I see The Landlord's Daughter in a completely different setting, though it may be on the island that it happened. Anyway, the protagonist here sees his landlord's daughter and wants revenge on his landlord. So, even though she offers him money, he just wants to kill her by means of rape it seems. After he has killed her, I think You'll Not Feel The Drowning comes in. I think he is laying her body to rest in the water to ditch the evidence of his crime. But, at the same time, he is ashamed of his acts. I think the line "forget you once had sweethearts, they've forgotten you" is the sailor telling himself that nobody will even remember her in order to feel less guilty. Please add or correct, this is just how I see it.
Also, has anyone heard the phrase forty winking in the belfry before? I'm very interested in its meaning. |
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