| The Decemberists – The Hazards of Love 1 (The Prettiest Whistles Won't Wrestle the Thistles Undone) Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| William isn't singing this song, though. I know it's easy to assume that, since the song starts out calling Margaret his one true love, but that's the narrator speaking, who is The Rake introduced later in the album. He's stalking Margaret, and is watching her in secret as she meets William. | |
| The Decemberists – The Queen's Rebuke/The Crossing Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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"Question though: Is she literally a tree, or does she have a human form, or is it all a metaphor?" She isn't a tree. She's all of the trees. She's the spirit of the forest. Most folk tales will have her in some sort of human form when interacting with mortals, but her introduction is both metaphor and literal. She -is- the forest. |
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