| The Band Perry – If I Die Young Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I personally think that this song is absolutely beautiful. Kimberly Perry's vocals are not original, but they are classic bluegrass. It is worth noting that bluegrass vocalists don't make careers as singers, but they make careers by songwriting, and by being in bands surrounded by great bluegrass musicians. All that aside,to grasp the full effect of the song, you almost have to watch the music video ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NJqUN9TClM ). The song alludes to Lord Tennyson's poem "The Lady of Shalott" (based off a legend from the days of King Arthur, Elaine of Astolat), and a collection of Tennyson's poems is a freqent image in the video. Tennyson's "The Lady of Shalott" is a poem about a girl living in a mysterious tower, who is cursed with death if she should leave. The Lady of Shalott does leave and she takes a boat and floats down a river toward Camelot. She dies while singing before she arrives. She is found with the boat near Camelot, and Sir Lancelot and all the people marvel at her beauty. One of my favorite lines, "Send me away to the words of a love song", is spirited and light and still inneocent in the face of death. It inspires me and haunts me. I am hoping that this song gets some solid radio airplay, because it is truly a nice song. Thanks for reading. |
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