| Fleet Foxes – Your Protector Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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I was initially confused about who the "characters" in these lyrics were. There are a lot of aliases (me/I, you/your, girl, baby, she, your protector, the devil, the other one), so I tried to read the lyrics naively and figure out who the "characters" are before trying to interpret anything. I think there are 3 main characters: The narrator - me/I A girl - you/your, girl, baby The addressee's "Protector" - she (the one who "left a week to roam"), your protector, the devil Read like this, the first two stanzas very bleak. the girl is isolated, abandoned by her "Protector", in a haze, hoping in vain for her "Protector"'s return. In the next stanzas, the girl wanders into the narrator's house and lays down "to die". The narrator then reproaches her (contrasts her with "the other one", who the narrator seems to trust, and compares her "Protector" to the devil), then asks her to pass a message on to her family. I'd guess that the girl is an ex-girlfriend who abandoned him for a bad crowd (including her "Protector") and "the other one" is his current significant other, who the narrator trusts deeply and isn't willing to abandon for the girl when she comes crawling back to him. I can't guess individual meaning of the messages the narrator wants the girl to give to her family, but I'm guessing he was also close to them and wants to let them know how he feels about the girl and what he thinks they should do for her. |
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| Fleet Foxes – Blue Ridge Mountains Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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@[Eleo:10167] This is the interpretation I agree with the most, but I think it's slightly backwards. The writer is thrilled when his brother has an unexpected misfortune (missing his flight, presumably near the writer's location) because it gives him a chance to spend time with his brother who he loves and shares many good memories with. But he also feels guilty for his excitement; he knows his brother should be moving on with his life and wants to be sad for his brother's setback rather than happy for himself. |
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