submissions
| PJ Harvey – Fountain Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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I agree with @kschap for the most part, but in MY head (lol) I've always thought that at the point where she says "Out of the blue, it is he" it was like a hallucination, but a very vivid one, that lasted for forty days; maybe the vision was brought on by a fever of some sort, and the fever lifts, and he's gone, and she goes back to her waiting and yearning.
I also agree with @amberbreath about the religious references. I think on a metaphorical level this could be about cleansing yourself of a deity, namely the Christian God in this one, with the references to "bearing leaves" to cover her shame, sort of the way the Bible tells us God did with Adam and Eve. This is what I love about PJ Harvey, among a few other artists: They're ambiguous, yes, but they still have a solidity to them that not very many other artists seem to be able to penetrate. |
submissions
| Goldfrapp – Tiptoe Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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Personally, I feel like this song is about being abused sexually as well. The lines "Tears start. Don't tell." for example; She (or he) is in despair because of the way the abuse makes them feel, or has made them feel, but the entire their abuser tells them not to tell. And the whole "You feel good. You feel right." lyric pieces could be their abuser telling them how good they feel and trying to justify what he or she is doing to the abused person. And the "Tears just started over you but I'm not over you." is, in my opinion, the protagonist speaking about how they can't get over what has happened to them. That's just my interpretation... |
submissions
| Goldfrapp – Tiptoe Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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Personally, I feel like this song is about being abused sexually as well. The lines "Tears start. Don't tell." for example; She (or he) is in despair because of the way the abuse makes them feel, or has made them feel, but the entire their abuser tells them not to tell. And the whole "You feel good. You feel right." lyric pieces could be their abuser telling them how good they feel and trying to justify what he or she is doing to the abused person. And the "Tears just started over you but I'm not over you." is, in my opinion, the protagonist speaking about how they can't get over what has happened to them. That's just my interpretation... |
submissions
| Goldfrapp – Tiptoe Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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|
Personally, I feel like this song is about being abused sexually as well. The lines "Tears start. Don't tell." for example; She (or he) is in despair because of the way the abuse makes them feel, or has made them feel, but the entire their abuser tells them not to tell. And the whole "You feel good. You feel right." lyric pieces could be their abuser telling them how good they feel and trying to justify what he or she is doing to the abused person. And the "Tears just started over you but I'm not over you." is, in my opinion, the protagonist speaking about how they can't get over what has happened to them. That's just my interpretation... |
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