| The Mountain Goats – Never Quite Free Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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I believe that the line is actually "walk by faith," lifted directly from 2 Corinthians 5: So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight. The line following Darnielle's "walk by faith," "tell no one what you've seen," is a direct parallel to the "not by sight" in Corinthians. |
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| The Mountain Goats – Never Quite Free Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I agree with the interpretation of it being about surviving sexual assault, but I think it has a happy ending. There is the triggering of trauma in the lines "when you see him, you'll know," and "hear his breath come through his teeth," but there is also that last line: "when you see me, you'll know." I feel like that last line indicates that when you see the protagonist, you'll know all of the hope and strength (listed in the rest of the song) that that person houses within them. When you see me, you'll know that I am a survivor, that I have found the faith to saunter forward, to dream at night (no more nightmares), and to finally heal. |
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