| Arcade Fire – Abraham's Daughter Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Abraham=The Capitol; Isaac=The Tributes, representing the Districts; The Angel=President Snow; The Daughter=Katniss. Abraham took Isaac's hand And led him to the lonesome hill While his daughter hid and watched She dare not breathe; she was so still (Katniss and the people in all the Districts must silently watch the Capitol murder their children in the Hunger Games. To speak out is to risk even worse punishments.) Just as an angel cried for the slaughter Abraham’s daughter raised her voice (In Biblical times, a woman wasn't even allowed to SPEAK, much less raise her voice. This is an act of rebellion in itself.) Then the angel asked her what her name was She said, "I have none." Then he asked, "How can this be?" "My father never gave me one." (The people in the districts are considered subhuman by the Capitol and are of no account other than as slaves. They are not even worth a name.) And when he saw her raised for the slaughter Abraham’s daughter raised her bow (her=Rue. When Rue dies in her arms, Katniss intimately experiences the depth of the Capitol's evil. She is compelled to "raise her bow" and make a statement by decorating Rue with flowers and saluting her to the cameras, thus demonstrating to everyone in the Districts how wrong it is. This is a direct challenge to the Capitol and the beginning of the uprisings.) "How darest you, child, defy your father?" "You better let young Isaac go." (The last line is not Snow OR Katniss speaking; it is BOTH of them addressing each other at the same time. Snow says you'd better not interfere with our system, the games, or our ability to kill the Tributes and dominate the Districts. Katniss says the Capitol's system is unjust and the sacrifice of the Tributes must stop. Neither one will give an inch. It is a mutual declaration of war.) |
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