| Bonnie 'Prince' Billy – The Way Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| I don't know what this song is about besides the obvious, but I love it. It sets my soul to rest. | |
| Sufjan Stevens – You Are the Rake Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| How embarrassing. I was wrong. Your lyrics are RIGHT! Haha. Sorry. | |
| Sufjan Stevens – You Are the Rake Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I think your lyrics are a little off. I thought he was saying, "We ran into a safe. When the walls came closer." It's kind of hard to understand in the song though. Since he said, "A line I once told her." I get the idea that he wasn't completely genuine with his heart's feelings and more so with his body's even if it wasn't intentional at the time. I think maybe when he says, "You are the rock. You are the rake. You are the one when I watch myself." he is saying it his head to remind himself of his relationship with God. (Don't whine to me about not accepting God ever. He's a christian and it shows up consistently in his writing.) When he says, "We ran into a safe when the walls came closer." perhaps he means that the he and the girl put themselves under God's conviction when they were relying too well on the wants of their flesh. So maybe when he says, "She turned into a cave where it turned colder." He means that without the "warm resting place" of their physical connection she became mysterious or alien and dark. Somewhere that he would get lost trying to understand. It is such a vague song. Like a broken memory attached to very personal symbolism. I admit, though, that I could be 100% wrong. |
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