| Blitzen Trapper – Black River Killer Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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oh, oh, oh! and don't you just love how BT adds a bit of technology (cars, buses) to remind you that they wrote the song, it is modern, and not a long-lost folk song they have simply borrowed. a song like this one could easily have been written one hundred years ago if not for "took a bus" (or "sunset strip," perhaps). ALmost like a tiny signature to keep any lazy listener from thinking such. |
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| Blitzen Trapper – God & Suicide Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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the heaven/hell thing implies that god and suicide are also two polar opposites that he finds a way to rationalize and 'live with" both without choosing one or the other. not sure i understand how god and suicide are parallel to heaven and hell? |
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| Blitzen Trapper – Black River Killer Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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ehhhhh-xactly. he is not a killer at first. in fact, what he thinks about when first imprisoned is the 'music of [his] lover's call.' Not usually the concern of a killer. the narration skips this bit, but it's quite likely that the lover shunned him upon his release, believing him guilty, and then what was left for him to do with himself except use the gun they gave him. he is made a killer by circumstance and weak will--but he yearns for salvation, obviously. "when will the keys to the kingdom be mine again?" when can he again have something pure in his life? beautiful! |
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