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| Okkervil River – A Stone Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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I really like this unrequited love being represented by the stone. Especially that he would be a stone to somebody else (he would want to be laid next to his stone). I guess the description of it including "the heaviest weight, the clumsiest shape, the earthiest smell" really evokes death, but uhh kudos? |
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| Okkervil River – A Stone Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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Okay, i only got most of the main point from reading the comments section, but i feel like i've got a few (okay a lot of) things that haven't been said. "called too fond of flames" moth to the flame, going back to the same girl over and over. "picking pebbles out of the drain" the girl is dating guys, who are like dead guy and who are of poor quality.(or "drain" meaning memories, therefore only thinking about him) Which leads to "shout names at flickerless screen" He tries a different tact of trying to make her feel bad (after "shouldering the blame") because her "screen"/outlook never changes.
I think it's dead guy and his girl who had one night/amount of time/"rose" together and she had a daughter. And although the singer truly loves her "whispered and meant"....he has tried to show his love to her in many ways "bouquet of flowers," but that he will never be as good as the one "rose." Also, the singer thinks it's built up over time and now she's immune to (his) love. "because it's smooth and it's cold" (also "dark and old"/unknown/murky) as in time/her mind has made it perfect and smoothed out the edges of anything that might've been wrong.
Annnd as she grows up, the "queen's daugther" will be told stories about this perfect night/love/father and will wait out for her perfect love and reject others who truly love her because she will have unreasonable expectations. In this way "heaviest weight" doubles as not wanting to love another after you think you've already found/had true love, but it's clearly meant as death early on as well. "if stones could dream...." They'd want their daughter to find perfect/true love like theirs, but they are "unable to know" that it will just make a "towering queen" preventing her from finding her true love.
Okay and i'm kinda thinking the rose is an actual rose that was given and that was passed down to the daughter. He calls the dead guy a "knave" and that guy is clearly driving him "fucking insane..."So she still has it and the singer knows the pain of unrequited love and how it seems so unknown/frustrating. So it's a common theme over time and i think the stone/rose combo ultimately ties into love/death gravestone/widow business quite well!
I still think he could be alive, but that makes for a slightly different picture. As in: Knave tricks girl into bed, girl thinks it's love, has daughter that falls for same type of knave. Meanhwhile singer/poets have trouble convincing the lady folk to love them. And the stone would be the knave being dead inside, and smooth meaning buff is suppose. And this cycle was starting long ago and the knaves have no intention of changing it. "side by side, piece by piece" Sorry this is so long, but it's my first post...so make it count. I joined because i was really helped by what everyone else said, so thanks to people who write stuff like this....it's certainly helped me. |
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