| Tunng – fair doreen Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| I think this girl could also be a witch. | |
| Bat for Lashes – Sad Eyes Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| He has a deep sadness - perhaps depression - and it is distancing him from her. She can't reach him. She keeps things together practically, waiting for him to reach out to her. She tries to make her love for him light, not another burden. She knows he feels the pain of their strained relationship and that he feels lonely in his depression. Yet he cannot do anything but alienate her, and she is unable to draw him out of himself. It's an unbelievably sad song. I've been through this and for me, it captures the mood perfectly. | |
| Bat for Lashes – Bat's Mouth Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I also think the song is loaded with sexual imagery. The song describes sex as a beautiful act, something from the magic of natural. It's about the forces of nature that bring two people together into the same space, and working their magic to bring together physically. Everything in the first two verses seems to concentrate on the mouths of the boy and girl, as they move towards each other for their first kiss. From within their bodies, from within their souls, comes the male force of nature: the rushing wolverine; and the female: the dancing centaur queen. These come tumbling out of their mouths, into the forest darkness of the air in between - the only thing separating them physically. I think the references to bats and bears are other sexual/nature symbols - both these animals live in the caves of their mouths. I think this first part of the song is about that electric moment before the kiss. There's a charge in the atmosphere or desire and attraction that is inexplicable. The second part of the song may be about the progression from kissing to sex. The imagery is very beautiful and pure - an exquisite description of physical love. |
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