| The National – Green Gloves Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| I think this song could be seen as a continuation of the sentiments in "Mistaken For Strangers" -- The narrator is out of touch with all of his old friends and imagines getting back in to their lives in some creepy way by sitting in their chairs and watching their videos...like if he does the things they do, he will somehow connect to that innocence that he's lost and they still retain. | |
| Iron & Wine – Sixteen, Maybe Less Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| I think RMA22 is right -- he married his wife hastily (whether he got her pregnant at the party or not) and now he longs for the love of his youth. I also thing that the woman he remembers is definitely NOT his wife. That's where all of the conflict and longing comes from. This past love becomes almost mythical or a ghost that haunts him (his brother sees her waiting in the woods, etc.). Very haunting image. | |
| Iron & Wine – Innocent Bones Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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This song is amazing -- I kind of passed it up a bit when I first got the record, but hearing live just floored me. It's much more delicate live and I hope to God they release a DVD of this current live band. It was just breathtaking the way they re-arranged at least 9 or 10 of the songs. But my point is that this song has since been one of my favorites on the record. I listen through the whole song anticipating the back ground vocals in the last verse. The cartoon king has to be GW Bush. The record seems to be very political and Bush is famous for wearing his faith on his sleeve. "There ain’t a penthouse Christian wants the pain of the scab, but they all want the scar" says a lot about megachurches and the popularity of American Christianity and the gigantic subculture it has become. He really hits the nail on the head by saying a lot of people who seem so invested in their religion are looking for validation or some proof of their "suffering" when they are living the high life...maybe? |
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| Iron & Wine – Wolves (Song of the Shepherd's Dog) Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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To InnocentBones, I think this is just commonplace for Sam Beam's lyrical style -- so many of his songs use three verses that are similar in structure but tell different stories -- White Tooth Man, Dead Man's Will, Boy With A Coin, etc. I love it. I see this song as in image of the inability to escape (whether it be a small town, "Southern" ideals, religion, etc.). Everyone's just stuck, because they fear the wolves on the road (getting out of town), in the middle of town (at church), and at the end of the bed (sexuality). And the song of the shepherd's dog seems to always say "you'll never leave". -- "whoever got that brave?" / a bill, an impending day with its responsibilities / getting that flea out of you hair (symbolic or...sorry if I'm wrong...could have to do with an STD, considering the third verse seems to deal with sexuality)... who knows... |
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| Iron & Wine – White Tooth Man Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| I love Beam's technique he uses here with the three distinct verses and no real chorus...he also does it on Boy With A Coin, Dead Man's Will, and I'm sure a ton others... Brilliant writer. I really hope he is remembered for his unparalleled writing. | |
| Iron & Wine – The Devil Never Sleeps Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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This one is hard to pick apart, but i see imagery of both war (as in "the" war -- Iraq), and heaven/death. This whole record seems to carry a lot of political imagery, so the idea that he is alluding to the war seems plausible. Damn would I love to have a beer with this man and pick his brain for an evening. Embrace this one, he's a treasure. |
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