| The Decemberists – The Queen's Rebuke/The Crossing Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I've seen several interpretations that Margaret was the daughter of Annan Water "A forest's son/A river's daughter". But it makes me think why any parent (be them a body of water or not) would destroy their own children and their significant other. Because after William rescues Margaret, the boat sinks and they drown. Not the best parental figure, methinks. | |
| The Decemberists – Summersong Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Thinking about the girl as a ship makes a lot of sense to me. I haven't really looked too deep into the lyrics of this particular song but thinking about it that was one of the possibilities I came to. The "linen and curls" could refer to the sails (even though I'm not too sure if sails were made of linen), and the line "she's grand, the bend of her hand/ digging deep into the sweep of the sand" could refer to the hull digging into the sand at the bottom of the sea after it sank. Plus, ships are rather grand ^^; But looking at the first verse and thinking that the girl is a boat, all I can see in my mind is someone licking a boat... Or the narrator is talking about/to his partner who is still alive. Saying how he first started out summer with them, living summer to it's full potential and spending his time with them. Then he's sent out to sea after that and the boat sinks, killing the crew and himself. Hence, "I felt a slip into a watery grave". That's all for now, still new to this. :3 |
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| The Decemberists – The Soldiering Life Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Some of you make it seem like two soldiers on the battlefield can't be good friends without being homosexual. Even if this is a song laden with homoerotic meanings, all I can hear and see is some frightened soldiers that have become very close, like brothers or very close friends. And even if they're sleeping on the same mattress and staring at each other, it doesn't mean they're gay. I would do that with any of my female friends and I'm happily together with my boyfriend. I hold my friends very close to my heart and I trust them with everything, but that doesn't make me homosexual. I would take a bullet for any one of my friends, similar to the way our narrator would take a bullet for his brother in arms. Even if Collin meant for this to be semi-homoerotic, again, I'm not catching it. |
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