| Andrew Bird – Cataracts Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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at first, I thought the song was about rape. dark places, the feeling of fear, powerful and intrusive people? then I was like, no. no no no. The song's about people forcing opinions and words into other's mouths. then these "others" reject the opinion for good and obvious reasons. we'll know what's true, despite what they force upon us. it doesn't matter what these intrusive people look like. what matters is that they're there, and have all the power and control. We're helpless from their terrible ways, thoughts, and opinions. Their "squirming sacs" might represent people who once didn't think the same way, but now are useless from the attacker's thoughts. next, we hide, and continuously reject their thoughts though we begin to process them and think about them. They start to seem not as terrible as before. (catch weed into the fold.) next, the original repeats itself. The "cats....cataracts." part represents what was once clear sight of the world and your own opinions being morphed into the attacker's opinions. and the terrible transformation is complete. |
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