| PJ Harvey – The Garden Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| @[cgnjny:2089] Yes! I totally agree, brings very much to mind Judas and Jesus in the garden. | |
| PJ Harvey – I Think I'm A Mother Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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I think this interpretation it great! it makes the lyrics make much more sense. It's so beautiful, the way that she conveys alternate senses of identity. It sounds more like she wants to be with this man, but he isn't giving her quite the same vibe (whether commitment wise or giving enough attention, idk), and it feels as though this idea of becoming pregnant is growing on her, even though she's not quite sure if she even wants a baby, because he might stay or be more into her or whatever. In the first verse, it sounds like she isn't yet a mother (the lyrics I post in this comment are what I personally hear when I listen to the song): You think you'll come over? I gave you my number You lover, supporter, then give me a mother Take me to your doctor ( I think I'm a mother. ( Alternatively, she could be feeling motherly for having to pester him to do things, like to come over (especially if she *is* asking him twice in the first verse). If that’s the case, she could already be pregnant. The line "I gave you my number" (if that's what it is, I really feel it, man) conveys a sense of anticipation or even desperation, to either situation. All the rolling in the second verse could either be the baby makin', orrr it could be that he's still not giving her quite the attention she desires. The rest of the verse I always thought she was talking about keeping the baby, which she is, but indirectly. I think she's actually addressing her acceptance of this new side of her, the mother. You give me a mother A man if I love her ( the next verse seems to have to do with having the child, I don't think it was miscarried. I think she had the baby and realizes that she doesn't really know what to do, and needs the mother to care for it (who is herself, so she's no help!) It could also be about Postpartum depression, you know, where the mother gets really depressed after the child is born. If that where the case, then the mother identity would totally disappear, explaining why the mother left her. She could also be depressed because her attempt at getting her man by mothering his child isn't working. Anyway, she's real desperate and although being a mother wasn't what she thought it was going to be, she's stuck with the child and still holding onto the idea of being a mother to save her relationship. Come on and support her, I said to the mother ( I think I'm a mother Need you, mother More than ever Need you, mother Uh, Uh. Uh, - I’m pretty sure that’s what she’s saying at the end, that’s what I hear (as I've said in my two comments that I can't figure out how to delete) obviously, she needs the mother to return. Sorry so long and so everywhere! |
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| PJ Harvey – Dear Darkness Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| I'm prrrretty sure she's saying "we kept you in business" rather than "we kept your business." That's how it sounds to me, especially in live recordings. | |
| PJ Harvey – I Think I'm A Mother Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| I think at the end she's saying, "Need you mother, more than ever" | |
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