| Laura Veirs – Cast A Hook In Me Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Ok. Wow. I just wrote my idea of what it was about but I listened to the song again while reading the lyrics and I got something even more. I take back my statement about how it's not about dying in the sea. I guess I was trying to be all deep and take a symbolic meaning. Who knows! But here are my thoughts... "Tattered sails on a ramshakle ship, I'll go pale Staring straight in the face looming tempest waves Otherwise I'll wither and die here On this reach of rubble rambling With two years filled up with sand, dear In a broken daze I'll be scrambling" This is about how the person isn't going to go out without a fight. They'll stare death (by sea or otherwise) in the face with no fear. And just when they think they're about to die... "in a broken daze" they'll be scrambling because they overcame death. Or something. Just thoughts... |
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| Laura Veirs – Cast A Hook In Me Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I like what you're saying about "dying at any given moment and living life in the meantime." but I think what you've said about the sea is maybe taken in too literal of a sense. That's just my opinion, though. Personally, I think everything about the sea symbolizes death cleansing pain. "And at night a fractured star fell And pierced right through the thick of me I cried out in pain and joy, yes I'm not dead, not numb, not withering" To me, this line is like death. It has its pain and, of course, it can be terrifying but what happens afterward is a release, a catharsis. There is no longer pain. It's clearly about death. Maybe the struggle of life, and the beauty of it. But it forebodes death all through the song. "Till time is gone and wrong is right"... "I'll be gone.."..."Otherwise I'll wither and die here"... etc. It's a really good song on so many levels. |
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