| alt-J – Matilda Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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The Johnny Flynn quote "the breath I've taken and the one I must" refers to his song The Wrote & the Writ. The song is about empty promises and the danger of giving yourself to superficial ceremonies like a drunken priest willing to trade his blood for wine. A good priest would make the trade in the symbolic sense and trade his blood for the blood of Christ, but a drunkard would trade his blood for the drunkenness that any wine would bring; the latter is an empty act. So in this song when it refers to "the breath I've taken and the one I must" it means that Leon is left with nothing but his arduous breath which perpetuates his empty life. His life has no meaning because Matilda's claim that she loves him is just as empty. "Your words are ash and dust" is also in Flynn's song. Matilda traded her blood for the blood of her enemies (this is portrayed in the scene where she tries to kill herself) just as the woman in Flynn's song traded her's for ink. So, with emptiness, Leon goes on to blow himself up to exact Matilda's revenge. If Matilda was truly in love with Leon, she would have traded her blood for his love. Instead she got revenge and lost Leon. |
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