| Rasputina – Transylvanian Concubine Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Just a correction: "Their dead, their sighs, and their songs" should be: "Their dead Messiah's their song" |
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| Gillian Welch – Scarlet Town Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Just a correction: It's "Look at that deep well, look at that dark grave." | |
| PJ Harvey – Broken Harp Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Correction: The first point should say this: -Her life is empty except for her lover, but he's bored with her and wants her to entertain herself rather than solely living off her relationship with him |
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| PJ Harvey – Broken Harp Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I think this song is about a deeply unhealthy relationship. Polly's character has fallen in love with someone monstrous and/or evil. "Please don't reproach me For how empty my life has become." -Her life is empty except for her lover, but he's bored with her and wants her to entertain herself rather than relying on her "I don't know what really happened" -She "doesn't know what really happened" because she can't keep track of the awful things she's done for him out of love. "I watched your disappointment At being misunderstood. I forgive you." -Because she loves him, she forgives him his horrible traits; he isn't bad, just "misunderstood." "Oh something metal Tearing my stomach out If you think ill of me." -This is a metaphor; she's so infatuated with him that the thought of disappointing him is like "something metal tearing [her] stomach out." "Can you forgive me, too?" -She did disappoint him and begs for his forgiveness, reminding him of how she has forgiven him. "I tried to learn your language, But fell asleep, Half-undressed, Unrecognisable to myself." She tried to live his life with him ("learn [his] language") but at some point she lost track of her own morality ("fell asleep") and had her identity stripped from her ("half-undressed") to the point where she doesn't even recognize herself anymore. This is just the way I read the song, and it's heavily colored by my watching both Let the Right One In and Let Me In recently; the song could perfectly summarize the way Eli/Abby's older "companion" feels about her. |
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