| The Avett Brothers – And It Spread Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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When I first heard this I thought it was about someone becoming depressed and turning to drugs after his lover leaves him. Not saying this is right but just sorting through some thoughts here! In this interpretation, the first couple verses are straight-forward, his lover leaves and he's sad. The song crescendos in the middle after he says the thought of hurting himself has crept in, to the point where Seth essentially screams the line about the truth and lies. I think these lines are emphasized in volume and pacing for a reason. Then after the manic excitement of the middle of the song we're left with this quiet void, where someone unfamiliar appears but the speaker assigns this person the identity of his lover. They shoot his arm full of love. Another crescendo and more exuberant screaming, and the speaker notes, once again, that he can't distinguish between truth and lies. The lie is the final verse. The person he sees could be a drug dealer, or a new lover giving him drugs, or a hallucination that he can tell doesn't quite match up with the person he loved, or maybe he's gone off the rails and it's a doctor giving him medication. Or maybe the character in the song is singing about drugs the whole time! He tries to kick the habit and he can't live with it, then he turns to different drugs at the end. |
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