| The Decemberists – Oceanside Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I think it is a Poe/Nobokov reference. I also think it is highly sinister. I think he's obsessed with her and she is indifferent. It sounds to me he wants to drown her so he can have her. While anabel Lee is a respectful and beutiful ode to Poe's wife, Nabokov's use is more sinister as it's sited as the start of his sexual obsession, and Poe's stories repeatedly reference a morbid sexual interest in the dead. Ligea and Berenice anyone? |
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| The Sisters of Mercy – Flood I Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Oh! I always thought it was about heroin. he's waiting around in this crappy bar until she comes with the drugs so they can shoot up. The flood is the rush washing away self. I think it's about addiction and desire. he loves her and he loves the drug, but there is guilt and self loathing too. | |
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