| Tom Waits – Lucinda Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| My interpretation is a bit different. I think Lucinda is a Lady MacBeth type, luring William to do bad things beyond what he'd typically be willing to do. He just wants to sell opium, fireworks, and lead; Lucinda wants him to commit robbery and murder. She's not really interested in him at all, she just wants to know she can drive a man to such extremes---that she can take "the bell in his soul". And when he finally succumbs to her at the White Horse, he becomes the "jewel of her sin"; she knows that she can do it. She doesn't need him anymore, and she won't be at his hanging. The irony is that William understands all this, yet he can't resist her. | |
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