| The Decemberists – Rise to Me Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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In the first stanza, the immovability and grandeur of the mountains"leaves our bellies full," but with awe comes the recognition that it is immovable and would a fool's game to challenge it. So he applies the wisdom about the mountain to the immovable reality of having a child with a challenging condition that makes connection really hard. It's not going to be changed. But in that inchangeability there is also strength to admire: when the world rises to him, he'll just "blow it down." And so, taking cues from both the mountains and his son, Malloy says to his wife, let us be like this mountain and this child, who stand firm against the elements. Paradoxically, while he writes of becoming as immovable as mountains, he has done the opposite--humbled himself to the reality that won't be budged, and accepted that reality. It's a really hard thing to put such deep ideas so simply. A truly beautiful song. |
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| The Decemberists – Rise to Me Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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In the first stanza, the immovability and grandeur of the mountains"leaves our bellies full," but with awe comes the recognition that it is immovable and would a fool's game to challenge it. So he applies the wisdom about the mountain to the immovable reality of having a child with a challenging condition that makes connection really hard. It's not going to be changed. But in that inchangeability there is also strength to admire: when the world rises to him, he'll just "blow it down." And so, taking cues from both the mountains and his son, Malloy says to his wife, let us be like this mountain and this child, who stand firm against the elements. Paradoxically, while he writes of becoming as immovable as mountains, he has done the opposite--humbled himself to the reality that won't be budged, and accepted that reality. It's a really hard thing to put such deep ideas so simply. A truly beautiful song. |
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