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| Pearl Jam – Porch Lyrics
| 6 years ago
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@[ChuckTaylor:32285] I see your point, but if you have seen the live performance for Porch, Vedder literally stands on a chair and explicitly writes “pro-choice” on his arm. I don’t think someone who wasn’t pro-choice would endorse an opinion like that, let alone write a song about it. |
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| Pearl Jam – Porch Lyrics
| 6 years ago
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I can see how all of your interpretations make sense, but the lyric that keeps getting me is “by the middle, there ain’t gonna be any middle any more.” If you interpret it as pro-choice, this could be a reference to a women’s ‘middle’ or the middle of a women’s pregnancy term. Another interpretation that I felt like never got any notice, was fame. I can see how this could be interpreted into, a man (possibly Vedder himself?), finally reaching a point of Financial stability (“all the bills go flyin”) and possibly unwanted fame (“initiatives arw takin off”) To the point that it destroys his relationship with his partner. The narrator feels he has reached a point where his life will never be normal again (“by the middle, there ain’t gonna be any middle any more”). Also, the lyric “the cross I’m bearing home” is obviously a biblical reference indicating public ridicule. This could imply that he is shamed for getting a girl pregnant at a young age (goes along with pro choice interpretation). It could also allude to his controversial music and ridicule he receives from conservative people. Just a thought. Either way, I think this song is possibly one of Pearl Jam’s most powerful and underrated songs. |
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| The Lumineers – Donna Lyrics
| 6 years ago
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I believe the narrator to be a grandson to his recently deceased and depressive grandma. The women struggles to be nurturing and loving (“if you don’t have it [love] then you’ll never give it). The “little boy born in February” seems to be the narrator himself; although, the narrator comments on how the woman is too drunk to even hold the baby. The woman is so depressed, in fact, that she starts to despise her own name and starts spending time in the graveyard (“they found your wallet in the cemetery”) and “wishing for a funeral.” Also the lyric about how “the trucks always made you worry”. Could imply that the woman also suffers from anxiety. The line “you raised a saint, Donna” is also another clue to how that “saint” is the narrators mother. Why else would the narrator be praising the reclusive addict Donna? |
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