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| The Shins – Port of Morrow Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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Let me know what you think of what I thought...I don't necessarily agree with the lines pertaining to any specific faith or set of beliefs, just everything in general... My interpretation is down there somewhere... :P |
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| The Shins – Port of Morrow Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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last edit, I swear! The line about his "ancient eyes" underscores the point about lines being imagined. Just because James Mercer as a collection of atoms wasn't alive for the bombs in '45 doesn't mean he wasn't there or experienced it to lesser degree because of it. As an avid gardener and appreciator of nature, Mercer certainly understands the connection between us and nature, namely in that we are nature, and that James is just like his plants at home. A living thing here for the ride "in [his] place among the bugs and all the animals". |
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| The Shins – Port of Morrow Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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Sorry, I forgot one thing. The Priest is the bad side of spirituality (not all priests), and cyanide is the bad part of the almond, but part of the almond nonetheless. And the same clowns that let the world wars happen are the reason we are sitting where we are this very day. Sure, life might have been better without the wars, but we would have no idea where we would be today. |
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| The Shins – Port of Morrow Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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Yeah, this is definitely a spiritual song, and a damn good one at that. I took the "lines they are imagined" as the daily distinctions we make between man and animal, person vs person, me vs my mind, and me vs history. These are all false impressions, and I think that it's beautiful he sings that he will tell his daughters his spiritual discovery..
The preacher, cyanide, and the postcards which evoke the damage WWII took area all how parts of the same coin can be so misleading and even downright disastrous, and James took very careful care in how he expresses his feelings, and his profound thought makes the song all the more powerful. |
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| Arctic Monkeys – The Bad Thing Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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It's about a guy who's out one night and gets talked into cheating on his wife, but when he hears his wife cheats on him he gets upset. He doesn't want to seem upset, so he says "really love, its fine" I love the irony there.
The last stanza gets me though. I can't tell if he cheats again, or if his wife knew all along and is telling him. There isn't much reference to whether its the girl at the bar or his wife, since theres been dialogue with both. :/
Great song |
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