| Joanna Newsom – Easy Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I'm willing to stake my life on the fact that this song is actually about what I call a difficult man. (no offense) Now I grew up on a farm so, "Easy, easy" to me refers to the way that one would calm a spooked horse. This is re-enforced by the line in the last verse "you must not fear." Now of course, good poetry doesn't ever have just one meaning so I suppose that it could also refer to a state of being "easy." When I say "difficult man" I most certainly mean one that has a hard time being in a relationship period. Not necessarily one that doesn't reciprocate the emotions of the narrator. I agree wholeheartedly that there are images of fertility that certainly pop up, whether Miss Newsom intended or not. But I wouldn't go so far to as to say pregnancy. Bloody Mary as a historical figure was the queen preceding Queen Elizabeth I. She has been deemed such, because of the way that she persecuted English Protestants during her reign in an attempt to restore England's relations with the Catholic church, after her father King Henry VIII destroyed them and created the Church of England. As far as the mirror legend goes, I have to say that this is the only symbol Newsom could possibly be referring to. La Llorona or the "Weeping Woman" is a Hispanic legend in which a woman kills her children and is condemned to an eternity of weeping. When she mentions this in the verse, she's probably trying to say: when you call, you'd better call as much as you can in order to reach me - considering the fact that one never actually says "bloody mary" only once in order to call up the spirit. In short: my reading of this is that the narrator is involved with a man that doesn't know what he wants, and can't seem to come to a decision. And in addition to, has a difficult time opening his heart to the love of another. Which does not constitute a love that is not reciprocated. |
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