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The Lumineers – Big Parade Lyrics 9 years ago
@[cmpsdp:17156] great interpretation!

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The Lumineers – Ophelia Lyrics 9 years ago
This song is about the band's meteoric rise to fame. Ophelia is fame.

"Ah, ah when I was younger, I, I should have known better
And I can't feel no remorse, and you don't feel nothing back"

He's saying, I should have known what the price of fame would be. I can't feel sorry for myself for the things I had to give up but regardless, fame doesn't care.

"Oh, Ophelia, you've been on my mind girl since the flood
Oh, Ophelia, heaven help a fool who falls in love"

Fame (Ophelia) came in like a flood. We've all seen what happens to those who fall in love of fame for fame's sake. Heaven help them.

"I, I got a little paycheck, you got big plans and you gotta move
And I don't feel nothing at all
And you can't feel nothing small"

With success the money is coming in. Fame brings in all the managers and record execs and all those involved who have "big plans". He's numb but fame has no small plans.

"Honey I love you, that's all she wrote"

Fame loves the rising the star. That's all.

"Oh, Ophelia, you've been on my mind girl like a drug
Oh, Ophelia, heaven help a fool who falls in love"

A reiteration that fame is like a drug and dangerous to any who fall in love with her.

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The Head and the Heart – Rivers and Roads Lyrics 10 years ago
This song poetically describes the major transitions we all experience in life. For me: Graduating high school, leaving my fellow soldiers when I exited the army, graduating college, my daughter growing up and moving to a different state. In every instance, there was a face or faces I'd miss like hell. But alas I guess "It's just as well" despite the heartache that comes with it.

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