| Joanna Newsom – Baby Birch Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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As many have said on here, I am actually starting to think of Baby Birch as being something that never existed outside of the narrators mind more than an abortion or miscarriage. From what I think, she was within a relationship, and as it flourished she began having thoughts of a future together, a child of theirs, what it would look like, etc. But then the relationship started to fall apart and along with that began the disintegration of her thoughts of a child, a child which was maybe all fleshed out in her imagination. As the relationship is going downhill, thoughts of the baby come to her less and less often and eventually she realizes that in order to spare herself the pain she must terminate all thoughts of the baby, in the hope that one day it will return to her (or she will go looking for it) again in a new form. This is just a pretty half hearted interpretation and I haven't given much thought to specific lyrics, so it is very, very possible that I am wrong (though the song does seem sound knowingly ambiguous) Eh, that's just my take on it at the time being, could change anytime soon. Also, I agree that Joanna seems somewhat fascinated by motherhood, not necessarily obsessed or anything, but I do remember reading an interview where she apparently "went so gooey over the sight of a baby" that the interviewer thought they saw a tear in her eye. I mean, who am I to know, but still she seems like she would be an adorable mother. |
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| Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Do You Love Me? Pt. 2 Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| You do realize that just because he wrote a song incorporating that scene doesn't mean he had any physical interest in that sort of stuff? Yes, it's a disheartening subject matter but quite a few of Nicks song deal with harsh truths, as someone above noted. Anyway, we don't know what toll writing this song had on Nick, and he did once say that he "would do anything for a good song." Also, it's not like he came up with the story himself; he was probably simply trying to convey the impact he thought it might've had on the child and whatnot, and it's not like the theme reoccurs in his discography or interviews often as an interest of any sorts. And in regards with the rest of the album and Pt. 1 of the song, I think it's pretty clear that the most of it was quite heavily effected by the woman he was with at the time and their relationship, you don't need to read interviews or bios to know this. What I'm trying to say is that although the song deals with something repulsive, I don't think it should be something to negate long lasting admiration or anything. | |
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