| Jesca Hoop – Tulip Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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Maybe she's a nun, and her "true love" is God so she doesn't want to marry any man? It could explains: "And she replied 'My faith that lies on yon horizon’s tethered me to the sky'" "But the birds will nest with the one that she has promised her heart" "For he is waiting where the doves nest, My true love" |
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| Jesca Hoop – Tulip Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I had a thought about the "cotton sword" - the stamen part of a tulip flower looks something like a sword with its tip covered in cotton. So perhaps this represents how the man's tulip obsession feels like an invasion to his wife. I think the line "I'll paint the king and queen" probably refers to how a garden full of tulips, with different colors, can create a beautiful picture similar to the way the most skilled painter could paint when at his best, such as when painting the king and queen. |
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| Jesca Hoop – Tulip Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I really like this song, catchy tune and slight Irish sounding melody I think. And lots of complex lyrics! Overall, the story is about a wealthy man who falls in love (or at least lust) with a beautiful girl named Ada. He buys her hand in marriage from her father, and they are wed. However she does not love him in return, possibly because she loves another man, and refuses her husband's advances in the bedroom. So he takes her to the river and drowns her there. Did he know before they were married that she didn't love him? Well, when told that he intended to marry her she replied "my fate that lies on yon horizon's tethered me to the sky". Huh??? Guys are optimists, and interpret any ambiguity as "Yes". Ladies, keep that in mind. Be clear. Parts of the song are from the perspective of the man, and parts are from Ada's perspective, this makes it a little confusing. Speculation time now. The title "Tulip" comes from the Dutch Tulip Mania of 1636-1637. The man either got his wealth from speculating in tulips, or was already wealthy and enjoyed trading in tulips. He uses tulips to buy things, including the wedding ring ("to the goldsmith with my flower I'll buy your wedding ring") and even buys Ada's hand in marriage by giving a bowl of tulips to her father. The most sought-after tulips at that time actually got their beauty from a disease called "Tulip Breaking Virus" which accounts for the "broken petal" references in the song. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_breaking_virus) Now the line "The cotton sword is storming the hall" -- I have no idea what that means. |
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