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| Augustana – Sweet and Low Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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I think this song is more about a father and his daughter. And he has a problem, I'm assuming something bad like an addiction ("I said hell is so close, and heavens out of reach") and he doesn't want to die. He doesn't want to give up on life yet because he has so much to lose, his daughter. He's hoping that his daughter will be enough to keep him alive and keep him from his addiction. It seems like she wants to help him to, to be his savior ("She said, 'When that day comes, look into my eyes' But no ones giving up quite yet"). She says she's fine, she can handle it, but still, he needs to turn himself around for the sake of his family. The part about his mother, I think he's either referring to her doing nothing about possibly her addiction and dying, or doing nothing to help her husband who had an addiction and she died because abuse or something... That's just my interpretation. I think that the theory of it being about an older man and a younger lover is possible as well. Either way, great, great song. :) |
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