| The Antlers – Bear Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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To Drew: He says the album was inspired partially by his experiences visiting a friend in a child cancer ward. I doubt he's a paedophile, so we can probably rule out that his romantic partner had cancer... My interpretation is that his visiting of his friend (probably a child of a friend or sibling) inspired the context of the terminal patient/nurse as an analogy for an abusive relationship he was in. As for Bear, I think it's temporarily breaking out of the cancer ward-setting and straight-up talking about an abortion that actually happened to her, and the "quick decision" destroyed her, turning her into the distant, abusive person we're hearing about. This could either mean that it happened when she was with him and it's what made the relationship turn sour, although I'd be more inclined to think it happened with a previous partner, as she's described as already very guarded and indifferent when he speaks of first meeting her in Kettering. |
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| James LaBrie – Crucify Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I know it's something Biblical, but I don't think it's about Jesus. When reading it, I instantly thought of Jonah, and how he tried to escape God's plan for him to witness to the people of Nineveh. "I chose a different way But there's nowhere I could hide From one end of the world To the other side" This talks about how he ran away to the ship to try to escape God. "Can you hear my thoughts I know what I have done You are all I've got And I don't want to run" This refers to Jonah deciding to be cast into the ocean. Even the chorus relates to the Jonah story. "Send your word From on high So this part of me will die" |
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