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| 10,000 Maniacs – Stockton Gala Days Lyrics
| 9 years ago
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@[Hifiler:16025] you name it, I have listened to this song 100+, mostly the live version from MTV Unplugged; watch the video and NM's eyes on her accompanying vocalist |
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| The Decemberists – June Hymn Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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does not not the song in effect take place in the morning? Just a question/ Not sure why such an exasperated tone in your comment by the way. |
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| The Decemberists – June Hymn Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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I take this song as an ode to something lost; both a relationship "the war you shouldered on the night before" to me means that he and his lover fought and l separate, he leaving Springville Hill, an of course then the lose of this place, and then the second to last verse, asking if he at a later stage of his life "this old light" would be able to look back at this part of his life, idyllic, and give it his "best |
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| The Decemberists – This Is Why We Fight Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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In the intro to this song when performed at last year's Newport Folk Fest Meloy dedicates it to pete seger and bob wythe-the festival's co-founders, who "taught us the s-word-socialism- is alright" tells me it is a political song |
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| Jackson Browne – Our Lady of the Well Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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enjoyed your post, found it valuable; your information about the Abbey and JB's brother! I understand the song to be about a relationship with Maria, which he seems to say he cannot commit to as he "must return" to his people; the the last verse, The lady of the Well, yes the oldest of spiritual thinking perhaps, connect the life giving of water toa greater force |
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