| Winterpills – Broken Arm Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I'm a huge fan of Winterpills. They combine everything I love in music:beautiful melodies, great instrumentation and poetic lyrics. I think GimmeaJeep's assessment is very interesting. I definitely agree it's about the war and a soldier's regrets, however, given Winterpill's tendency to deal with things on a very personal level, I thought this was a disabled vet (whose either paralyzed or an amputee). I actully thought sickled blade was the mechanical arm to replace a missing arm. There are two versions of this song: one with missing legs and one where he can't feel his legs. i think this is the story of a vet who hates himself and can't shake the flashbacks of the incident that disabled him. The person who he is directing his hatred to is possibly his wife, whom he has become dependent on. There is the accusation underlying this of the hypocrisy that got him into this meaningless war and left him ignored and broken, hating himself and everyone else. So that's my take on it! |
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