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| The Decemberists – Sleepless Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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I also took this quite literally as a drowning. "Tearing at the air", "Water everywhere", "Nothing to hold on to". |
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| The Decemberists – Shiny Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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If I'm not mistaken, the eye thing may be a reference to the fact that in myths, a possessing gypsy's eyes are good for visions or something of the sort, making them valuable and/or coveted. |
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| The Decemberists – Culling of the Fold Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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The Culling of the Fold: What your evil mother-in-law wishes your husband would do to you.
Terrible thought, I know, but I can't get the idea that the line about in-laws perfectly epitomizes the whole song. |
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| The Decemberists – The Chimbley Sweep Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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I'm almost positive that the widow is saying 'Swived'. In it's origins on dictionary.com, it does mention the word 'sweep'. I think that either way it's an innuendo.
I had also originally thought that chimney was pronounced 'chimbley' because of a child saying it, but some regions do just say 'chimbley' instead of 'chimney'.
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| The Decemberists – Leslie Ann Levine Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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That's exactly what I'd been thinking; I hadn't even speculated the relationship between this and any song until I visited this forum, but do find it strange to be paired up with We Both Go Down Together. |
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