| Fleet Foxes – White Winter Hymnal Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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This was the first song by Fleet Foxes I heard, so I of course thought of foxes. The "pack" and "scarves of red tied 'round their throats" added to why I though they were foxes. Instead of seeing the "swallowed in their coats" as a bad thing, I saw it as they don't have the choice to take them off, as it is their fur. Fur of course keeps them warm so the "scarves of red tied ’round their throats keeps their little heads from fallin’ in the snow", or dying from the cold. I pictured a fox, Michael, was shot by a hunter and the pack ran away with him. The 'I' in the song is the fox that turned around and saw Michael die from his injury. Michael would then "fall and turn the white snow red as strawberries in the summertime." Some of you said that "strawberries in the summertime" was a good sign, and I agree with that. Michael died, and it was a good thing in the narrators eyes as he wouldn't have to feel the pain the hunter brought him. It really is a beautiful song and I don't think Fleet Foxes' songs are to be taken too literally. They almost seem to have hidden meanings that you can put together and create your own story out of. Did anyone else see it like this? |
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| Fleet Foxes – White Winter Hymnal Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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This was the first song by Fleet Foxes I heard, so I of course thought of foxes. The "pack" and "scarves of red tied 'round their throats" added to why I though they were foxes. Instead of seeing the "swallowed in their coats" as a bad thing, I saw it as they don't have the choice to take them off, as it is their fur. Fur of course keeps them warm so the "scarves of red tied ’round their throats keeps their little heads from fallin’ in the snow", or dying from the cold. I pictured a fox, Michael, was shot by a hunter and the pack ran away with him. The 'I' in the song is the fox that turned around and saw Michael die from his injury. Michael would then "fall and turn the white snow red as strawberries in the summertime." Some of you said that "strawberries in the summertime" was a good sign, and I agree with that. Michael died, and it was a good thing in the narrators eyes as he wouldn't have to feel the pain the hunter brought him. It really is a beautiful song and I don't think Fleet Foxes' songs are to be taken too literally. They almost seem to have hidden meanings that you can put together and create your own story out of. Did anyone else see it like this? |
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