| Josh Ritter – The Curse Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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To me it's just a good story about a mummy who is cursed with immortality. I love that he flashes back to the boat ride with the last two lines: "She asks 'Are you cursed?' He says 'I think that I'm cured' Then he kissed her and hoped that she'd forget that question" - I love how Josh ties the whole thing up in a nice little bow with that. Anyway, definitely some interesting other views - you know what they say about the autonomy of art... take from it what you will. |
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| Iron & Wine – Passing Afternoon Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Great interpretation; this totally fits as you've described it. I love Sam's songs, you can listen to them over and over, feel and interpret them in different ways, and never get tired of them. They are like a gift that keeps on giving... |
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| Iron & Wine – The Trapeze Swinger Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Ok, maybe the whole substance abuse thing is a stretch, but, as a reflective narrator, I definitely get the feeling that he knows he has screwed his life up in some way. The idea of multiple partners is an interesting one... maybe he's in a relationship with a girl he loves, but is compelled to be unfaithful. This would give "the empty road at happy hour" a different meaning -- i.e. picking up random girls at a bar. And, to your point muffinhoe, the narrator's narcissism could be the ivory tower that blinds him from seeing the consequences of his infidelity (the eventual loss of the girl he truly loves). I don't know... just spit-balling here |
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| Iron & Wine – The Trapeze Swinger Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I think that the narrator is a substance abuser, who died as a result of his addiction. The trapeze act was his juggling act between his life (characterized here by the love for a girl) and his addiction. The line: "...much too high to see the empty road at happy hour." leads me to the abuse/addiction idea. The bad choices that the narrator was making with his life eventually got to be too much for the girl (the scene in the car with his hand between her knees) and that broke the final tether he had to reality. The parking lot with "an element of danger." If you notice the (mostly) adverbs he uses throughout the song, in relation to how he wants to be remembered, get increasingly more negative hinting at his downward spiral: (Happily, Fondly, Mistakenly, In Misery, Seldomly, Finally-as if in death). In any event, I liked looking at the song from that perspective, as I think it tells a good story. Really is a fantastic song! |
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