| Billy Idol – Eyes Without A Face Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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| Feist – The Water Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I believe that the song is about how mankind is at the mercy of nature. The telegraph cables may be a reference to the Trans Atlantic telegraph cable attempts in the 1800s. The attempts worked, but not for very long. Her image of the sea could reinforce the idea that the sea as part of a powerful, isolating force of nature, was too strong to allow the human connection. The motive of the sea may have been jealousy over the human ability to connect, because it "doesn't get much company." The water and the mountain did not realize how dangerous they are, isolated and ostracizing. Man hopes his children will survive in this world, but nature will crush them until they are a pile of bones. Wind battered, under a grey sky, folded over like a wave. All images of nature. |
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