| Florence + the Machine – Cosmic Love Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I agree with almaperdida! A very good interpretation of the song. The use of the word 'twilight' in the chorus backs up the could be positive/could be negactive thing, i think. | |
| Florence + the Machine – My Boy Builds Coffins Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| As well as apparently being literal, i think it could be metaphorical, like 'her boy' 'makes coffins' i.e puts in bad places od kills or ruins everything for everyone. He's 'made coffins' for her, as in he's killed her spirit or ruined something for her. Just my two pennies worth | |
| Patrick Wolf – The Messenger Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Yes, I could make home here in good time but good time is a gift not long to be mine that's fine I'll seize the day make life as traveller work as messenger with my pain my pleasure all one beat I won't fear what tomorrow may take stay blind to my future and fate start my traveling now fearless fifteen first came that dream to be seen to know love the world and all its stages Now 25 I've made it it alive and what a life i have known Not gonna stop never fully grown remember I won't fear what tomorrow may take stay blind to my future and fate i won't hear what the others may say let only love lead the way start my travelling now travelling I'm travelling I'm travelling I see the redwoods the deserts my brothers my sisters the music the moment i can never regret the cursed and blessed open road open road the open road open road open road And if all else fails Remember always the open road |
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| Patrick Wolf – Thickets Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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-Taste red berries, not tainted. -Also, off the rails and roads, not of. -Growing thicker, not grown thicket This is my favourite song on the album, it's just so heartbreakingly beautiful. The strings and Jo's vocals on it are stunning. Also, Tilda fits in so well! |
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| Patrick Wolf – Who Will Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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From all the ashes of all the crashes, not just ohhhmmm haha :) This was written in honour of Patrick's great aunt, who was a nun. She never had sex and her ovaries stopped working, so she developed ovarian cancer and eventually died, a bit ironic! The first line is supposed to be as sexual as it sounds ;) |
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| Patrick Wolf – Oblivion Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Lyric corrections: But oh god now here it comes and it's too dark to aim this gun but Now faster, faster, faster, once again i'm on the run And I hear you say "Oh my stubborn son, I know that you said you need no one Don't you see danger, danger, danger, headed to oblivion?" Followed the hunt, far as I could Through dozen weathers Petrified wood And I took one shot, in the dark Fired a bullet, silver to heart It's partly about a boy fighting in the Iraq war, and partly a reworking of 'The Barghest', a reference to killing the animal with a silver bullet, which is how you kill a werewolf. I LOVE THIS SONG :D |
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| Patrick Wolf – Damaris Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I forgot to say, he saw the cross in a graveyard of a church. | |
| Patrick Wolf – Damaris Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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This song is about when Patrick took a trip to Ireland and saw a wooden cross with just the name 'Damaris'on it. He enquired with the vicar as to who it was and the vicar said he didn't know, that it had been there and was said to be the grave of a girl, probably a gypsy or a black girl, who fell in love with the vicar (of the time)'s son, but he had to stop loving her because of her religion. It is said she died of a 'broken heart' which in those days was another word for suicide. The song is from the vicar's son's point of view. I love the story that goes with it, it makes the story all that more real and beautiful. It's very choral and stuff, but is still really epic! |
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| Patrick Wolf – Count Of Casualty Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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This song is about stopping apathy and laziness in this generation, going out and starting revolutions and 'counting your casualnties', meaning counting all the things you do that are too casual. Some of the 'Count of casualties' need to be 'count YOUR casualties' |
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| Patrick Wolf – Blackdown Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| The bit in brackets doesn't appear on the actual lyrics, it's a very clear sounding something. It's about a walk Patrick took this his family when he went to visit them in Ireland, or someplace. He realised he needed to give up all the grudges him and his family had together, and try and grow up a bit. | |
| Patrick Wolf – The Tinderbox Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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On a black dog Black burning eyes You need an extra 'black' I think. I love the way he pronounces the words, and the left/right bits are simply beautiful. A really passionate, mystical song. |
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| Patrick Wolf – Beastiality Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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That's true, but then again, this is the man who said "Just as I don't know whether my 6th album will be kids pop or heavy metal, i don't know whether i will end up with a man, a woman or a horse." I really like this song, although I wouldn't put it in my favourites. However, the stanza that starts "C'mon, sister, it's time to show your face" is brilliant for being angry to. |
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| Fleet Foxes – White Winter Hymnal Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I think of it more as foxes than as children, in the snow. Maybe because of the band name, mainly just because of the image in my head. Their coats are red, hence the 'all swallowed in their coats' part and the 'scarves of red' could simply be the red coat around a foxes throat. This would also explain the pack part. As for the michael bit, i think it's just gorgeous. A perfect winter song :) |
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| Patrick Wolf – The Bluebell Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Isn't it "in the LAST of the light?" | |
| Patrick Wolf – Empress Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Doesn't anyone else think this might be about Ingrid Z? | |
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