| Purity Ring – Lofticries Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I agree with the notion that it is the murder of an abusive parent. Though my take on it is slightly different. I put in caps the words that I hear that differ from lyrics above. "Bring, bring the thunder and the loud, loud rain Lead our woes asunder 'neath the proud, proud veins" *They are praying for the rain to wash away the pain and guilt they keep in their hearts. "Of traits that bleed the gunmen of our pumping, earthly hearts Ween our joys in plunder Feel our shining teeth BIT our hold on happiness" *The abuse/propensity-to-abuse of the parent was slowly taking away their will to live and their childhood happiness. However, their retaliation also caused them great and lasting sadness. "Bead-weighted chests with lofticries Lofticries with trembling thighs Weepy chests with weepy sighs Weepy skin with trembling thighs" *Bead-weighted chests are coffins. The beads are a Rosary. They are crying out to the heavens for forgiveness as they are burying the parent. They are sobbing and weak-kneed during this traumatic event. "You must be hovering over yourself watching us trip on each other's sides Dear brother, collect all the liquids off of the floor Use your oily fingers Make a paste, let it form" *It takes both of them to carry the body because they are only children. They are stumbling in the process. The rest is a reference to cleaning up the evidence. "Let it seep through your sockets and EARS into your precious, fractured skull Let it seep, let it keep you from us Patiently heal you Patiently unreel you" *The dirt and mud filling the grave is whats seeping in and keeping the parent from them. The fractured skull hints that they bludgeoned the parent. Patiently heal means they may forgive the parent in time. Patiently unreel is a letting go, maybe forgiveness or maybe the act of a slowly lowering the body into the grave. This song is artfully written and very thought provoking, but like any art only the artist knows what it truly means. |
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