| Alex Winston – Sister Wife Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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So, one thing led to another You're calling her our lover My brother's her brother And if you want me to do it, I guess that I'll do it, but I'm telling you One wrong move and yeah we're through Chorus x 2 Hey there sister wife Get the hell out it's my life You don't know the way to his heart Like I do Yeah, man, kick out the logic With you as the prophet I don't think you got this And holy as our father I'd rather not bother, I and I'm telling you One wrong move and we're through Chorus x 2 Hey there sister wife Get the hell out it's my night You don't know the way to his heart Like I do I'm stuck with two I'm stuck with you I'm stuck with two I'm stuck with Chorus x 2 Hey there sister wife Get the hell out it's my night You don't know the way to his heart Like I do // Pretty sure she alternates between "life" and "night" in the chorus; either way, it is definitely about polygamy. As for the video, the one snake and one real vs one fake cat is definitely representative of a phallus, the first wife, and the second wife. The snake around Alex's neck represents that she's the first, original wife. The fake cat spewing blood on her, to me, represents a challenge; that's a representation of the sister character, who is related to Alex's character by blood first and by marriage second, so spraying the blood in her face represents reminding Alex of their familial tie (you know, the whole 'we're siblings so you have to love me') while also ending it. It's as if to say, "If our blood relationship prevents this, then I'll get rid of it." I think the color of the cats has less to do with premarital purity than to highlight that they're two brides: the idea that "one thing led to another" and "calling her our lover" says it was a marriage of passion, not arrangement. It's also indicated by the fact that the entire video is a metaphor for homewrecking. The place is destroyed through the course of it, indicating that what once was a lovely home is now being ripped in two by the addition of this sister wife. |
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| Bon Iver – Drinking This Rain Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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S'mattafack, I believe there isn't a reference to drugs here. He just means the alcohol. Personally, I hear this instead of the above: And the oak on the bar is like the oak in my heart And like the oak buried deep down in the sand I gotta water it hard And it goes in through my mouth And it slides into my veins And it takes away my head And I don't have to feel the same And my eyes go red And my skin glows warm And at the end of the night, I'm just cryin in my bed" I take this to mean that he feels the pain is so deep in him that he has to drink a LOT in order to achieve any dulling effect at all. And then, of course, thanks to the nature of alcohol, he still ends up crying at the end of the night. Oh, liquor. Consequently, I hold that the above interpretation isn't necessarily wrong, just applied to the wrong substance. He is talking about substance abuse, but I think it's very clear that it's just alcohol in this case. I also think the song title, and a few other little references in the song, point to the actual weather having an effect on his mood. "Nothing makes it come on down/Like the rain can," is, to me, speaking to the heartbreak he's already experiencing and how it's intensified on this night, thanks to the rain, and perchance some painfully choice memories that are triggered by it. |
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