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| Wilco – Venus Stopped the Train Lyrics
| 10 years ago
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@[jpacenti:3304] Oh and the title. Venus de Milo has no arms. You can't stop a train but you can't even shield yourself when you have no arms. The subject of the song is Venus, of course. Her father, the train. The above original post I'm sure about .This is more interpretation. |
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| Wilco – Venus Stopped the Train Lyrics
| 10 years ago
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If you would ask me what my favorite Wilco song is I would say "Via Chicago" but in truth it is this one. I've read some of the debate here and I can tell you that Christmas Trees are speed (look it up on Google, it's there). So what Tweedy is conveying there is she is self medicating between the pot and the speed for bi-polar. Absolutely brilliant. This is a friend of his (I've known her for a very long time), and the song is a loving portrait. She was scarred from sexual abuse by her father. From the satellite spinning references to the use of loneliness and ugliness to convey the human condition, it's absolutely some of his best lyrics. Heart wrenching. |
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| Freedy Johnston – This Perfect World Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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Been trying to figure out this song. I agree I believe it's suicide. He is returning to say goodbye to his daughter because he is dying. The mother is dead and both he and his daughter blame him. The murder scenario doesn't make sense. He would be in prison. The ambiguity of it all, makes all the more powerful. The alternative view is he talking to his wife and it's the daughter who is dead, drowned under his watch. |
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| Throwing Muses – Devil's Roof Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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The crickster is spot on. This is about bipolar disorder, a topic which Hersh frequently comes back to. I am huge Muses fan and I think Crickster's interpetation of "the man" is interesting but I always thought of it as Hersh relating a melt down. Her husband is late and she is trying to tell herself to keep calm but her emotions are running away from her. Anybody who suffers from bipolar disorder can relate. Another great song about just the depression aspect of bi-polar by TM is "Fall Down," also on Hunkpapa. |
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