| The Tallest Man on Earth – The Wild Hunt Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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i think this song relates a to the singer's nihilistic view of life, which isn't a unique theme to some of his other songs. the first two verses seem to set up the rest of the song, the way the rest is going to relate to mythology. the Crow Moon is coming. Spring is starting to arrive. to a person he says "well, you keep looking out" (looking forward to Spring coming), but he is establishing the symbolism for the rest of the song by preferring to "watch phenomenons that rise out of the darkness" and the "machines of the ancient races." i say 'nihilistic' because i think suicide is too strong of a message when it's being veiled in something so vague and dreamlike as mythology. though 'apathetic' is too weak a word to use since he's referring to tales and creatures all related to death. the author's darkness comes across strongest in his bridge. he leaves his heart (emotions) to the Wild Hunt that's coming. he'll allow them the capture it/him. the Wild Hunt being the myth that huntsmen riding just over the ground might catch you and take you from the earth to join their pack. i just don't quite get why he's so certain that he's leaving in the Fall, because none of the myths he mentions have any definite time that they appear. maybe something to do with the whole Spring/life and Fall/death symbols. "sleep out in the glade...to be closer when my spirit's pulled away." i don't think this is any sort of return to nature, but a reference to the Wild Hunt again. the huntsmen travel just off the ground, so the author is just staying there not only so he can be seen (because he's by the giant tree) but just to speed up the whole process--not that he's in any particular hurry, but drawing out the event by pretending to cover would be pointless. "left a nervous little boy out on the trail today..". "trail" is always some path of self-discovery, so i guess the author was somewhat apprehensive about the decision beforehand but grew committed to his decision along the way. it was a walk of transcendence, because he was "just a mortal" when he first left, so if he was a mortal as a boy (ignorance) to begin with, then he is something much more now; something above mere life-and-death humanity that worries about trivialities such as the Spring season bringing new life and rebirth. "have Satan departing now and be even when the blues fall down like hail" is more nihilism in the way that good and bad break even. same goes for him being forgotten when he's gone. Cadejo is Latin American. seeing white cadejo foreshadows good fortune, while black cadejo can mean the straight-up devil or death or bad times a'comin. what a breath of fresh air this author/singer is. most music is completely vapid and meaningless, but him you actually have to go and do some research to gather the meaning, all wrapped up in what is just a plain old great tune. Keats with a guitar! |
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| The Tallest Man on Earth – Burden of Tomorrow Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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an awesome song, as is everything he does. to me, this reads like an artists' battle between reflecting and recreating those darker places, and not getting so drawn into them that they consume you. call it Sylvia Plath but maybe to a lesser degree. Oh I was sent to find the lonesome place Where I was lost but left to trace By carving riddles on the lonesome vine i think that this verse establishes that, with the "lonesome places" of the earth that he describes being more a metaphor for his artistic mind. it's a "lonesome vine," his consciousness, but he's left there by us, the music lovers, to recreate all of it by way of writing music, or "carving riddles." Oh but rumor has it that I wasn't born I just walked in one frosty morn Into the vision of some vacant mind i don't think it's meant as derogatory, but we're the "vacant minds" in this song, in the way we'll listen to a song (at least ones with meaningful lyrics) with an open mind, wondering what it's all about and then working to relate the message to our own lives. Oh once I held a pony by its flagging mane And once I called the shadow in the turning game The first two lines of each chorus he talks about something awesome he's already done, referring maybe to previous good songs he's done or to general life accomplishments. it's like he's saying how he's done so much good already, yet we're (the audience) is still pushing him to further explore his creative side and keep producing those lyrics. But I will fight this stranger that you should fear So I won't be a burden of tomorrow dear "the stranger" he starts to describe in later verses, and "you" is us, the fans/audience. the stranger is a metaphor to the dangers of always looking deeper into himself, "the stranger" being the side of himself that could potentially get swept away (later mentioning suicide) if he dwells too much in those darker places that we all have in some manner. the reason "we" (the listener/audience) should fear it is that we could potentially lose him. the way he phrases it, i don't read it like he's being vein, but more in a way warning that he may stop this exploring (hence, stop writing). if he means it going as far as suicide, then he would be a burden to us from having that happen to him or maybe that we even pushed him to it because we kept wanting him to write these lyrics so we would have more music. Aww Xavier's on the border of the sun Swings on the chambers of your guns And tries to shoot the chord and light the path i don't have the historical knowledge to know who Xavier is, but again he's referring to lyrics that still explore that darker side, through "swings on the chambers of your guns." and then it's the end product of the song, where the individual listener gets some sort of closure or general betterment from the lyrics by the way those lyrics are an attempt to empathize with the listener and enlighten them in some positive way, by the way he is trying to "shoot the chord and light the path." Aww but hell I'm just a blind man on the plains I drink my water when it rains And live by chance among the lightning strikes Again on the positives/negatives of exploring his inner self. he gets something positive out of the experience when it happens on him ("I drink my water when it rains") but in that journey he has to try and not be harmed when negative things happen ("and live by chance among the lightning strikes"). who knows if his creative exploring will lead to something positive or negative. Oh the singer's on the edge to feed the canyon's mouth They will go on forever til they sing you out of time But I will fight this stranger that you should fear So I won't be a burden of tomorrow dear "the singer" is him, and "feeding the canyon's mouth" is his reference to suicide. "They" is us, the audience, who will forever be pushing him to produce more songs and "sing you out of time" is again pushing him until he has nothing left/suicide. but the positive is that he'll keep fighting those negative feelings when he writes so that he won't kill himself and that knowledge won't therefore burden us. |
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| The Tallest Man on Earth – Burden of Tomorrow Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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an awesome song, as is everything he does. to me, this reads like an artists' battle between reflecting and recreating those darker places, and not getting so drawn into them that they consume you. call it Sylvia Plath but maybe to a lesser degree. Oh I was sent to find the lonesome place Where I was lost but left to trace By carving riddles on the lonesome vine i think that this verse establishes that, with the "lonesome places" of the earth that he describes being more a metaphor for his artistic mind. it's a "lonesome vine," his consciousness, but he's left there by us, the music lovers, to recreate all of it by way of writing music, or "carving riddles." Oh but rumor has it that I wasn't born I just walked in one frosty morn Into the vision of some vacant mind i don't think it's meant as derogatory, but we're the "vacant minds" in this song, in the way we'll listen to a song (at least ones with meaningful lyrics) with an open mind, wondering what it's all about and then working to relate the message to our own lives. Oh once I held a pony by its flagging mane And once I called the shadow in the turning game The first two lines of each chorus he talks about something awesome he's already done, referring maybe to previous good songs he's done or to general life accomplishments. it's like he's saying how he's done so much good already, yet we're (the audience) is still pushing him to further explore his creative side and keep producing those lyrics. But I will fight this stranger that you should fear So I won't be a burden of tomorrow dear "the stranger" he starts to describe in later verses, and "you" is us, the fans/audience. the stranger is a metaphor to the dangers of always looking deeper into himself, "the stranger" being the side of himself that could potentially get swept away (later mentioning suicide) if he dwells too much in those darker places that we all have in some manner. the reason "we" (the listener/audience) should fear it is that we could potentially lose him. the way he phrases it, i don't read it like he's being vein, but more in a way warning that he may stop this exploring (hence, stop writing). if he means it going as far as suicide, then he would be a burden to us from having that happen to him or maybe that we even pushed him to it because we kept wanting him to write these lyrics so we would have more music. Aww Xavier's on the border of the sun Swings on the chambers of your guns And tries to shoot the chord and light the path i don't have the historical knowledge to know who Xavier is, but again he's referring to lyrics that still explore that darker side, through "swings on the chambers of your guns." and then it's the end product of the song, where the individual listener gets some sort of closure or general betterment from the lyrics by the way those lyrics are an attempt to empathize with the listener and enlighten them in some positive way, by the way he is trying to "shoot the chord and light the path." Aww but hell I'm just a blind man on the plains I drink my water when it rains And live by chance among the lightning strikes Again on the positives/negatives of exploring his inner self. he gets something positive out of the experience when it happens on him ("I drink my water when it rains") but in that journey he has to try and not be harmed when negative things happen ("and live by chance among the lightning strikes"). who knows if his creative exploring will lead to something positive or negative. Oh the singer's on the edge to feed the canyon's mouth They will go on forever til they sing you out of time But I will fight this stranger that you should fear So I won't be a burden of tomorrow dear "the singer" is him, and "feeding the canyon's mouth" is his reference to suicide. "They" is us, the audience, who will forever be pushing him to produce more songs and "sing you out of time" is again pushing him until he has nothing left/suicide. but the positive is that he'll keep fighting those negative feelings when he writes so that he won't kill himself and that knowledge won't therefore burden us. |
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| The Tallest Man on Earth – Burden of Tomorrow Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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an awesome song, as is everything he does. to me, this reads like an artists' battle between reflecting and recreating those darker places, and not getting so drawn into them that they consume you. call it Sylvia Plath but maybe to a lesser degree. Oh I was sent to find the lonesome place Where I was lost but left to trace By carving riddles on the lonesome vine i think that this verse establishes that, with the "lonesome places" of the earth that he describes being more a metaphor for his artistic mind. it's a "lonesome vine," his consciousness, but he's left there by us, the music lovers, to recreate all of it by way of writing music, or "carving riddles." Oh but rumor has it that I wasn't born I just walked in one frosty morn Into the vision of some vacant mind i don't think it's meant as derogatory, but we're the "vacant minds" in this song, in the way we'll listen to a song (at least ones with meaningful lyrics) with an open mind, wondering what it's all about and then working to relate the message to our own lives. Oh once I held a pony by its flagging mane And once I called the shadow in the turning game The first two lines of each chorus he talks about something awesome he's already done, referring maybe to previous good songs he's done or to general life accomplishments. it's like he's saying how he's done so much good already, yet we're (the audience) is still pushing him to further explore his creative side and keep producing those lyrics. But I will fight this stranger that you should fear So I won't be a burden of tomorrow dear "the stranger" he starts to describe in later verses, and "you" is us, the fans/audience. the stranger is a metaphor to the dangers of always looking deeper into himself, "the stranger" being the side of himself that could potentially get swept away (later mentioning suicide) if he dwells too much in those darker places that we all have in some manner. the reason "we" (the listener/audience) should fear it is that we could potentially lose him. the way he phrases it, i don't read it like he's being vein, but more in a way warning that he may stop this exploring (hence, stop writing). if he means it going as far as suicide, then he would be a burden to us from having that happen to him or maybe that we even pushed him to it because we kept wanting him to write these lyrics so we would have more music. Aww Xavier's on the border of the sun Swings on the chambers of your guns And tries to shoot the chord and light the path i don't have the historical knowledge to know who Xavier is, but again he's referring to lyrics that still explore that darker side, through "swings on the chambers of your guns." and then it's the end product of the song, where the individual listener gets some sort of closure or general betterment from the lyrics by the way those lyrics are an attempt to empathize with the listener and enlighten them in some positive way, by the way he is trying to "shoot the chord and light the path." Aww but hell I'm just a blind man on the plains I drink my water when it rains And live by chance among the lightning strikes Again on the positives/negatives of exploring his inner self. he gets something positive out of the experience when it happens on him ("I drink my water when it rains") but in that journey he has to try and not be harmed when negative things happen ("and live by chance among the lightning strikes"). who knows if his creative exploring will lead to something positive or negative. Oh the singer's on the edge to feed the canyon's mouth They will go on forever til they sing you out of time But I will fight this stranger that you should fear So I won't be a burden of tomorrow dear "the singer" is him, and "feeding the canyon's mouth" is his reference to suicide. "They" is us, the audience, who will forever be pushing him to produce more songs and "sing you out of time" is again pushing him until he has nothing left/suicide. but the positive is that he'll keep fighting those negative feelings when he writes so that he won't kill himself and that knowledge won't therefore burden us. |
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| David Gray – Kathleen Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Quite why she went I can�t decide Yeah but I sure could use One plate of food steaming and hot Clean linen ironed On a fresh made bed but I ain�t got One salty dime, one salty dime clearly, the person he's lost is his housekeeper! he really misses his housekeeper Kathleen, but he can't afford her or another cleaner anymore and that's why he misses having food and a clean bed. in the next two verses he seems to have gone for a walk along the highway, basically to nowhere because he's lost without his girlfriend. the "red ghost" line is clever. Just close your eyes it won�t take long It won�t hurt a bit no idea what he's talking about here. WHAT won't hurt a bit? maybe it's just the act of getting out of the house in such a miserable state that hurts, but it's not really clear from the song. enjoy David Gray's music. his use of the piano adds a subtlety to the lyrics that a heavier instrumental would drown out. the same song lyrics (any song) by another band would sound more contrived than Gray allows. |
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| David Gray – Kathleen Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Quite why she went I can�t decide Yeah but I sure could use One plate of food steaming and hot Clean linen ironed On a fresh made bed but I ain�t got One salty dime, one salty dime clearly, the person he's lost is his housekeeper! he really misses his housekeeper Kathleen, but he can't afford her or another cleaner anymore and that's why he misses having food and a clean bed. in the next two verses he seems to have gone for a walk along the highway, basically to nowhere because he's lost without his girlfriend. the "red ghost" line is clever. Just close your eyes it won�t take long It won�t hurt a bit no idea what he's talking about here. WHAT won't hurt a bit? maybe it's just the act of getting out of the house in such a miserable state that hurts, but it's not really clear from the song. enjoy David Gray's music. his use of the piano adds a subtlety to the lyrics that a heavier instrumental would drown out. the same song lyrics (any song) by another band would sound more contrived than Gray allows. |
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