| The Knife – Forest Families Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Ok I'll make an attempt with this. Some of the prior post are on the right track. Americans have no concept of politics like the Europeans do. During the Cold War Sweden was "nuetral". The government secretly made deals with the U.S. and most Swedish citizens were concerned with the Soviet Union invading so they had a healthy fear of communism although there were some serious leftist movements in Sweden at the time. Ok with that said I believe Karin Dreijer was a child in the late 70's early 80's. Her music seems to have a theme within the occult and paganism. Swedes have deep pagan pantheist roots. This is all conjecture from here on but perhaps the lyrics are telling a story of a group of people living outside of society as pagans who worship with nature. This being disconcerting to "polite" christian society perhaps led people to accuse the group of being Communist sympathizers, siting their communal living as proof. They would disguise themselves so they could hide who they were from those accusers. This in turn led them deeper in the forest and into hiding. Music tonight I just want your music tonight We all need music to help lift our spirits during trying times. |
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