| Purity Ring – Lofticries Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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| Purity Ring – Lofticries Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I believe the song is based off of a young virgin girl looking forward to having sex some day with her future significant other that was brutally raped and killed (possibly by her brother..?). The tone of the song completely contradicts the lyrics which makes it seem kind of unbelievable when you first listen to it, but when you break them down it becomes very transparent.. "Bring, bring the thunder and the loud, loud rain Lead our woes asunder 'neath the proud, proud veins" Storms generally are signs of something bad coming or happening (obviously). The storm overcomes all of her yells and woes. The veins part I think can go two different ways: One, her proud veins of being a virgin saving herself for whomever or two, the pride from a family relationship (She states brother later on, the girl was perhaps raped by her own brother) that once was strong has been broken. "Of traits that bleed the gunmen of our pumping, earthly hearts Ween our joys in plunder Feel our shining teeth Bet our hold on happiness" This verse is still fairly blurry to me, but if I had to take a stab at it I'd have to say that the beginning of it directly related to possibly the rapist carrying a gun and causing some type of physical pain. The second part seem pretty clear with having the joys attributing to losing her virginity stolen from her. I am not sure "feel our shining teeth" is what she says, but bet our hold on happiness could be related to the stealing of her virginity and how the one causing pain has put her happiness in life on stake. "We waited, tense, with lofticries ----- corrected Lofticries with trembling thighs Weepy chests with weepy sighs Weepy skin with trembling thighs" The first two lines could describe what she was expecting and waiting for from losing her virginity. The last two lines could describe the feelings that ensued as she was raped, a completely opposite, sad, and horrible emotion. I do not know what lofticries means, if someone knows please elaborate. "You must be hovering over yourself watching us drip on each other's sides ------- I think it might be drip Dear brother, collect all the liquids off of the floor Use your oily fingers Make a paste, let it form" This verse really backs up the rape concept. Hovering over the girl he raped, both have liquids dripping (sweat, blood, other bodily fluids). Dear brother makes me think that it could be her actual brother doing the raping, but it could also mean just a boy/man in general. Collect the fluids off of the ground - Blood and the male bodily fluids mixing together as he tries to wipe up the evidence. I don't think I need to elaborate much on these few lines, and I really do not want to considering it is harshly disturbing. "Let it seep through your sockets and earholes into your precious, fractured skull Let it seep, let it keep you from us Patiently heal you Patiently unreel you" This seems like she suffered a severe head wound and the blood is seeping throughout her cranium. The rest seems like she is dying slowly, the wounds are keeping her from staying alive. She is unreeling into perhaps an afterlife. "You must be hovering over yourself watching us drip on each other's sides" This is a heck of a clincher if you ask me. The way I took this was that she is looking at herself from a third person (out of body) point of view speaking directly to the rapist saying that he must be realizing what he has done, now that the rape is over, watching as the blood seeps out of her and becoming aware of the absolutely horrendous malfeasance he has committed. This is all my own personal opinion about this song. It is a great song, but also very disturbing once you dig into it. Please feel free to contribute to this to help understand the song better if anyone sees things from a different light that I have not. |
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| Purity Ring – Lofticries Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Definitely agree with we awaited tense with lofticries, but I do think she says weepy chests and weepy skins considering the song has a sexual/rape influence to it. | |
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