| Vienna Teng – Antebellum Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I agree that it could be a song about a broken relationship with children. That i have the China-Taiwan conflict in mind is because it is very similar to a broken relationship. If you replace this couple symbolical with the splitted nation of China and Taiwan it makes also sense ( well for me ^^ ). "and talk about the little ones." If you see the couple as nations they could talk about their citizens. "And we smile, but never say too much. The moment always vanishing." It took a long time till both nations talked officially again with each other . But the Peoples Republic of China is still a, well, difficult dialog partner. "how I couldn't be what you'd need" China wasn't able to integrate Taiwan after WW2 since Taiwan departed cultural from them because of decades of japanese occupation. "but oh how I could make you bleed" China used force and the Kinmen Islands were bombed till the seventies. "But how much would I give to have it back again?" Wishful thinking about a together in peace/ the innocence before the civil war . Well from this viewing point it's really almost the same as a broken relationship with no resolution in sight like "wing area" has it stated in her excellent post. |
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| Vienna Teng – Antebellum Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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First Post here. A friendly "Hi" to the Community :-). Well firstly i thought the song is just about a broken love / friendship. The contact has been reduced to a minimum so that old scars won't bleed again with no chance of a forgiving agreement. But after a few times hearing i now must always think about the Taiwan-China conflict. Since she is a clever one and it's a very personal album ( with her family directly affected with this conflict ) i can imagine that there is more to this song. It's hidden because of this delicate subject ( though she doesn't take sides .. as always ). Does this make sense? |
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