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| Los Campesinos! – A Heat Rash in the Shape of the Show Me State; or, Letters from Me to Charlotte Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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This, to me, is about an abusive relationship viewed from the outside. The narrator and charlotte discuss this relationship in their letters but never actually act. By the end of the song the girl in the abusive relationship is dead ("her body barely visible, it was bleach white as the bed sheets. stiff as starch...") and both the narrator and charlotte know their lives will never be the same, as they will forever more have to deal with the guilt of not telling someone about their suspicions. The narrator goes as far as to blame charlotte for the whole affair "You held a gun to his head, pressed your thumbs to her throat" This quote suggesting the narrator feels charlotte ruined both their lives. Well, that's my opinion at any rate! |
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| Los Campesinos! – The Sea Is a Good Place to Think of the Future Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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I agreed with you right up to the end, I think the ending is much more bitter than that (and let's face it this is LC! we are talking about!). I think this girls has felt ignored most of her life, many of her actions have been a desperate bid for attention and now in her dying moments she thinks to herself 'now you will notice me, now you will know who I am'. This, in my opinion, is illustrated by the line "a thousand years no getting rid of me" |
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