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| The Decemberists – Anti-Summersong Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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I think this is a tongue in cheek Decemberists self-satire. The title refers to previous Decemberists track "Summersong," which tells the story of a shipwreck where the crew drowns. Colin Meloy humorously refers to his songs like this with morbid lyrics as "singalong suicide" songs. But then the singer says because he's tired of writing these morbid songs, he is going to kill himself, ironically making this another singalong suicide song. |
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| Sufjan Stevens – Christmas in the Room Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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I listened to this song for the first time in awhile today, and for some reason, it seemed to be about an elderly couple who never had any children. When Christmas comes, they don't have anywhere to go or anything to do, because they don't have any family left besides each other, so they just stay at home alone. Even without all the festivities, the man promises to his wife that it will be a great Christmas, so he sings to her, and dances with her, and that's all they need to have a great Christmas.
There's nothing really to back up an interpretation that specific, but that's how I heard it. Anyway, such a great song to show what really makes special occasions meaningful to us. |
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