| Sufjan Stevens – Barcarola (You Must Be a Christmas Tree) Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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This is a beautiful song. I wonder if this song has thematic links Sufjan's "Predatory Wasp of the Palisades." Both songs speak of a relationship with a friend that seems emotional or romantic (with the friend and him kissing), in which the friend "runs away." The friend in "Palisades" seems male, and I can't find anything in this song suggesting otherwise (nothing is overtly female about the friend). It may be that the "friend" who kissed him in this song the same "father friend" he mentions a few lines before (kinda unsettling, but who knows). Or maybe he's referring to a number of different characters as friends? I suppose the dog he left out in the snow could be the friend as well. It may seem silly, but I've seen similar interpretations that "Palisades" was about a dog (c.f. "I can tell you, we swaggered and swayed"). |
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