| Real Estate – Had to Hear Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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I hear it as "idle machine" as well. He's on an idling motorcycle thus out on his own as it's typically for a single rider). Also, he refers to a horizon and a landscape suggesting being outside, perhaps on the road. But I like the 'addled machine' take on it as well. : ) |
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| PJ Harvey – The Words That Maketh Murder Lyrics | 7 years ago |
| @[Veillantif:26784] Well done, thank you. | |
| PJ Harvey – Hanging in the Wire Lyrics | 7 years ago |
| @[SuzyJunky:26783] Here I am 7 years later, discovering this astounding collection of songs. This song both haunts and lulls us into a discorporated sympathy with Walker. Unbearable tenderness, fading with the years to a soft rueful whisper. | |
| PJ Harvey – On Battleship Hill Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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@[clareak:26782] I also thank you for your story. You're right that one cannot *really* listen to this song and not cry. And as alexoliveiras0 said so well, one also cannot hear the story of your great grandfather's family and not '...feel very sorry for what the war meant to your family back then.' I think of "Nature, red in tooth and claw" who in all its dispassionate grandeur intones ‘A thousand types are gone: / I care for nothing, all shall go.’ ...much to the very personal heartbreak and horror of our human race. I thank Ms. Harvey for bringing these remembrances. |
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