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| Phish – Wading In The Velvet Sea Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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i think this is obviously correct. all the other comments are plausible, but metaphorically. wading in the velvet sea is almost a common euphemism. |
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| The Mountain Goats – This Year Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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The Jerusalem reference is to a customary Jewish saying. It is customary to say "Next year in Jerusalem" at the end of Yom Kippur and the Passover Seder. You could call it Zionist, but I think here it's clearly about being delivered away from bondage/exile to a promised land "of milk and honey". That's sure how I felt when I was 17. |
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| The Mountain Goats – This Year Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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As you might imagine...the Jerusalem reference is actually Jewish rather than Christian. It is customary to say "Next year in Jerusalem" at the end of Yom Kippur and the Passover Seder. You could call it Zionist, but I think here it's clearly about being delivered away from bondage/exile to a promised land "of milk and honey". |
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| The Decemberists – June Hymn Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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Is "Barony of ivy in the trees" a reference to the Italo Calvino book "The Baron in the Trees"? How do I ask Meloy? |
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