| The New Pornographers – Execution Day Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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| Wolf Parade – Kissing The Beehive Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I had a couple corrections not sure if im right Dan] Lost on a river our hearts beat regular time Well the landscapes don't The rivers flowing by We're just drifting all night long hands to the sky And a captain, oh he is never denied I heard them singing out from shore, hands at the sides Someone brought a rifle overhead to tear at the sky We're just drifting all night long here with the flies And the captain, oh he is never denied [Spencer] As if you didn't know that it would sting Kissing the beehive And pissing down the mountain side in the rain As if you didn't know that it would sting Kissing the beehive And fucking up your finger from pushing on the ring Sing [Dan] Well we lay On frigid shores of light We need nothing of his bitter care, oh Something strange and the coast line Still we need nothing of his bitter hand, oh [Spencer] I wish I could believe in you Crashing all the weddings wearing white But we all hate the landlord baby It's all right, it's all right I wish I could believe in who you are You held your cap in the air and you called it a guitar You put your face on the glass and you called it good cinema, oh As if you didn't know that it would sting Oh, oh, ohhhh Johnathan, Johnathan Waterfalls are running thin you know Here's a holy grail for you to hold Fire in the hole, fire in the hole, fire in the hole I'm not a wild party I'm just an evening at the show Put the ring back on and take your husband home Fire in the hole, fire in the hole, fire in the hole Radio, radio Why did you leave Virginia's side It's an alibi, we all know how the music died Fire in the hole, fire in the hole, fire in the hole Johnathan, Johnathan Waterfalls are running thin you know Here's a finger made from me for you to hold Fire in the hole, fire in the hole, fire in the hole [Dan] Estranged from the captain's light And his bitter hand Estranged from the captain's light And his bitter hand The song definitly has a man v. god feeling to it. Or reigious v. non-religious. The people in the first stanza have their "hands to the sky" and in the second "hand's at their side." I think a lot of it is also what we do without god. That it may be hard to belive in God but its hard not to believe in him either. The kissing the behive line means that doing something dangerous is obviously going to hurt. In the case of this song I think it means going without God. I take pushing on the ring, to mean pushing it off, not on, which i think the lyric late on "put the ring back on" agrees with. In this case it could mean divorcing God. I think pissing down the mountain in the rain, means don't expect what you did to make a difference. The next dan verse then has the people renouncing God and living without him. Spencer's verse expresses that their obviously false things that prevent him from believing. I think the last verse has shit going wrong without God represented by "Fire in the hole" and "waterfalls are running thin" and Spencer saying that you need to find help. With Spencer offering a "holy grail" or "finger" to hold. Dan's last verse just means that their are pro's and con's to going it alone, that we may have escaped the bitter hand of god but we also lack his light. Great song |
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