| The Civil Wars – Barton Hollow Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I think that is all to literal. I think the song is about having sins or guilts that are impossible to carry. You can't go back and fix them, and no matter how far you set yourself from them they still keep you awake at night. You're just left with this heavy burden. There is no forgiveness and you feel as even God himself wouldn't forgive you so, you are nothing more than a dead man/woman walking. | |
| The Civil Wars – Poison & Wine Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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These are not my words for the full article see this link http://davidabramsbooks.blogspot.com/2011/04/tuesday-tune-poison-wine-by-civil-wars.html However this is how I feel about this song. Love it Love it Love it. Even though it breaks my heart. In the video, Williams and White enter a house after attending what could be a wedding or a funeral (another subtle nod to the song's theme of divisiveness--it implies the idea of coming together and the need for departure). Or, even more likely, perhaps they've just returned from their attorney's office. They don't look at each other and you sense we're witness to the silent aftermath of an argument, one that's been building for a long time. As they each start singing their lines, they go to separate rooms, their faces pinched with sadness. Your mouth is poison, your mouth is wine You think your dreams are the same as mine Oh I don't love you but I always will .... Oh your hands can heal, your hands can bruise I don't have a choice but I still choose you Oh I don't love you but I always will What starts as a somber meditation on the brutally honest things you can't tell your lover rises to a mutual cry of pain. Each partner in this relationship is building their own brick wall, but it's a melancholy task. Then, in a brilliant moment of editing around 2:45, they are together in the same frame, nose to nose and still singing "I don't love you but I always will." If you're anything like me*, you'll be coughing down that lump in your throat at this point. This, then, this was the moment my admiration for The Civil Wars turned to love. The dichotomy of emotion in the climax of the song nearly shattered my computer monitor in half. |
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