| Sufjan Stevens – The Henney Buggy Band Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| However I think there is also more of a religious reasoning to the song, as a child you believe without questioning, when you become an adult there is more to it than that and the responsibilities and what God asks of you becomes greater? I may be putting too much into this song as well, I agree with everthing else you said though! | |
| Sufjan Stevens – Casimir Pulaski Day Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I actually believe that the line "Tuesday night at the Bible study/ We lift our hands and pray over your body/ But nothing ever happens", shows that even as a Christian, one can have doubts about God's plan in times of trouble. I do not believe that Sufjan would ever "scoff" at attempts to put difficult situations into God's hands- as he his a Christian himself... But it expresses the difficulties of actually being a Christian-If that makes sense? And I think that the the line, "Your father cried on the telephone/ And he drove his car into the Navy yard/ Just to prove that he was sorry" was used to show the inablity for Sufjan-or whomever the song was about- to express their sorrow, as a close friend or boyfried (that the father may not have approved of, I inferred from the line, "When your father found out what we did that night"). I think that the father truly was sorry though. I hope this might provide some insight to you. |
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| Wild Sweet Orange – Crickets Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I absolutely love this song. The lyrics are so powerful in the sense that they potray a situation relatable to anyone who has experienced a failed relationship. I interpreted this song to be about two people who have ended their relationship because the man loved a woman who didn't love him back. I was in the back seat going crazy Like I've never seen the twilight glow before Neurotic and praying for a green light Between no man's land and the boarder of Mexico He's going on a trip with his friends, to a wedding, that he isn't looking forward to because it will bring up feelings of his past lover. This poses the setting of where his realization began. The realization shall come up again later, so that you know what I mean by that. I can hear those crickets I know they're telling us something Something we're not too old yet to ignore This is foreshadowing what he is going to learn; the crickets possibly represent something of a conscious in the man, it's a background noise helping him understand what has been happening. She don't believe anything She don't believe anything But, I would believe anything I would believe anything He finally comes to the realization that she was never the right girl for him and she never actually loved him, giving him the confidence to be able to move forward and actually get over her? And why won't you listen to me She said, "listen to me As sure as my heart breaks My love for you will never change" She would be sure that her heart isn't breaking and her love for him just changed; she doesn't love him anymore. Yeah the wedding party took me in And like a match in the dark I believe this stanza means that at a wedding party he discovered what was really happening in the relationship. As I set my glass down And danced my blues away Here I think that he has come full sircle and realized there isnt a reason to be upset about something that he can change,so he "dances his blues away." Oh, when the sun goes down I will always see your face As sure as my heart breaks My love for you will never change He's still in love with her but thats okay, someday that will change. He is only in a tmporary state. -This is just what I interpreted the song to mean; I think that it can be different for everyone, and thats one of the many wonderful aspects about music, especially by Wild Sweet Orange. This is definitely one of my all time favorite songs :) His voice gives me goosebumps int hte first chorus. |
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| Sufjan Stevens – Casimir Pulaski Day Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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This song is clearly about loss, But not entirely just about the death. The greatest loss of all is unexpression. He is unable to express his sorrow. That's at least my take on the song. |
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