| The Band Perry – If I Die Young Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| @Daughtryhead you are missing a couple parts that relate the song to the poem even though i think the song is very loosely based on the poem. In the beginning of the poem the townspeople are pretty much oblivious to Lady Shalott. They are going about their day as if nothing is happening and she is singing her heart out. She is so removed from the people that they whisper the voice is a fairy. When she is dead in the poem in the boat the townspeople finally take interest in her and all come out to see her corpse, "funny when you're dead how people start listening". Also "sink me in the river at dawn, send me away with the words of a love song", relates to the part of the poem where she first falls in love with Lancelot. His singing is one of the things that captures her heart and once she hears his voice she is doomed. There is also the imagery of the lady of Shalott weaving bright wonderful colors then all of a sudden the curse hits her and it's autumn (when things begin to die and fade away) and the subject of the song shining down a rainbow contrasted with how her mother isn't even "grey". I think it's all very deliberate. | |
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