| Andrew Bird – Fatal Shore Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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Robert Hughes referred to Australia as the 'Fatal Shore' in his history of British penal colonies and the practice of sending criminals there, essentially to either die, or to survive on their own strength against the wilderness. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fatal_Shore "If you could see right through us You're gonna run into your homes and lock your doors" This suggests that the speaker in the song is viewed as a criminal, or would be viewed as one if other people knew them well. The same with these lines: "Would you ever fear anymore If you never knew us?" The main thrust seems to be that in the current environment, the speaker would be viewed harshly by the person they're addressing, but if they were to meet under other conditions, "on a fatal shore" - somewhere completely new and wild and free from all of the context, they might be free from their preconceived apprehensions and fear: "Would we meet on a fatal shore? On a fatal shore? When are you comin' to shore To never fear anymore?" |
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