| PJ Harvey – The Last Living Rose Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| She really conveys well the mixed feelings your can have about your homeland. Especially when seen from the perspective an an Other in a different culture. very patriotic yet very critical. | |
| Emmy the Great – First Love Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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For me this song is about a one night stand. (hence why she can't remember his name) And you left me in the light and you met me in the light and we only had a night between the two. They meet during the day and he leaves her the morning after. She doesn't remember everything about it, but recalls the bad weather outside and their sweaty bodies huddled under the duvet. There is an awkwardness to the situation as they listen to the music and he struggles to find the right words to say 'You were waiting for the words to come to yer' However she is not interested in his 'words' 'Yeah I remember you like a verse that I didn�t want to learn' She doesn't want to listen to what he is saying or have a close emotional connection to him. She is looking for physical attraction, the seductive look in his eyes is enough for her to fall under his spell. 'I just looked into your eyes and I knew yer.' The beauty of Cohen's music playing as they have sex is a trigger of the memory and it means that she is never able to truly forget him. He becomes part of her identity. 'Now the thought of you is burnt on my body from the first time you did rewind that line from Hallelujah' She wishes that she could forget him, but at the same time, knows that she would do exactly the same over. Her orgasm makes her reassess the beauty of the world. the words as they came to my tongue were hallelujah. Hallelujah! And the sky was so much bluer Hallelujah! Hallelujah! And the world was so much newer. The references to 'cursing' and 'doing the worst' might be to do with his sexual preferences, as we see later on that while he is waiting to be cursed (and whatever 'the worst' entails...) she is completely consumed by the pleasure she is feeling and the music and doesn't take in anything he is saying to her. You were waiting for the worst You were listening for a curse but the only thing I heard was hallelujah I think the title 'first love' is supposed to be ironic, due to the distinct lack of 'loving' relations and her desire to be completely emotionally distant from him. The entire episode is very physical, she doesn't listen to him at all. She wants to escape, and loose herself in a guilty pleasure like pissing on a grave. What do you all think? |
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