| Radiohead – Codex Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I adore this song and this album, and this band, who am I kidding?? I feel like this song can be viewed in at least two ways (plus the multitude of opportunities poetry lets you enjoy). One is that it's about a death or letting go, maybe a kind of gentle, calm suicide - the jump off the end. That was the way I first saw the song, letting yourself just jump. The other is that it's about deciding to go ahead with something you shouldn't. It sort of seems like it's about being in a beautiful, secluded place, and making a moral decision about whether to go ahead with something. Infidelity? Say it was: "Sleight of hand. (a trick, of yourself or someone else) Jump off the end. (could be literal, jump into the water, or an emotional/moral/cognitive leap) Into a clear a lake. No-one around. (just you and this person you're with, and maybe some dragonflies) Just dragonflies fantasised. (You're fantasising about this person. Or maybe you imagined the dragonflies) No-one gets hurt. (No one will know) Done nothing wrong. (Maintain your innocence, convince yourself) Slide your hands. (Touch) Jump off the end. (Just do it) The water's clear (metaphorically, see the water being clear and innocent and attribute that to your actions) and innocent. The water's clear and innocent. The phrase "slide your hands" I think could be the clincher - we've gone from sleight of hand (a trick) to touch; then the repetition of "the water's clear and innocent" seem like reference to letting go any concern about morality and going ahead, because what is there is beautiful and clear. I can see how this could also reflect taking other actions, but this is just the picture I get now. Seen this way, I picture a couple who have gone down to the water secretly, no one around, and they're feeling so connected together that they have to rationalise the fact that actually they shouldn't be together - one, or both, has another commitment. I am loving reading the other contributions, thanks all! |
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| Ani DiFranco – Everest Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| I adore that version, she just sets the scene so beautifully! I think it's the Atlanta concert? Awesome :) | |
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