| Darkside – Paper Trails Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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rather than think of the song as a story, I think of it more as a poem capturing a state of mind.. that state of mind being the confusion or depression of someone who's been rejected, and trying to cope with it or make sense of it. the paper trails are the memories the vocalist has of the person who has left him, trying to follow them like a trail to see how, and at what point, he finally lost her. he made her promises but only kept some of them. he made her a home and wants her to come back to it. |
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| Fever Ray – Keep the Streets Empty For Me Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I got the same impression.. not necessarily a shapeshifter, but that the deer and Karin are the same person, trading perspectives. Or rather that the deer is a metaphor for what Karin is going through and they're essentially the same person. | |
| Fever Ray – Keep the Streets Empty For Me Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I think you're pretty close, and if the song is written from the perspective of a deer, everything you said could be said for a deer in the wild too. A deer at night on its way home, injured and afraid, hoping the streets stay empty for safe passage. | |
| Fever Ray – Keep the Streets Empty For Me Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I think there are several themes in this song; dangerous environments, human nature, life lessons, dreams, fear of the unknown. There seem to be a lot of references to motherhood on this album, and I think that may be a major theme in this song too. I think Karin is playing with the idea that dreams reveal ourselves to ourselves. The two characters in the song are Karin, a new mother in the waking world, and Karin as she dreamed herself to be, a deer, passive and submissive to the elements, trying to survive while tending to her own needs. Upon waking from the dream, she's trying to remember it and what it could mean. "memory comes when memory's old i am never the first to know" She remembers following a stream, not knowing where it will lead her. A metaphor for herself in real life, following an unseen path. "following this stream up north where do people like us float?" Being a new mother in the waking world, her child means everything to her and is her only priority. She forces herself to keep following the stream. "there is room in my lap for bruises, asses, handclaps i will never disappear for forever, i'll be here" She prays to keep not only her child safe from the world, but to keep herself safe so that she can care for her child. The context switches throughout the song between human and animal references because she's a human dreaming that she's a deer. "whispering morning keep the streets empty for me morning keep the streets empty for me" More references to being a deer in the wild, submitting to her environment, learning from her mistakes. "i learned to not eat the snow my fur is hot, my tongue is cold on a bed of spider web i think of how to change myself a lot of hope in one man tent there's no room for innocence so take me home before the storm velvet mites will keep us warm" Lastly, another reference to human nature and motherhood. Opening oneself to another and tending to ones needs. The "hunger" could be referring to our desire to learn and experience. To follow the stream, and float along with the rest of our people. "uncover our heads and reveal our souls we were hungry before we were born" |
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