| Stornoway – Here Comes the Blackout...! Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| @[blunte:46809] I might be a bit late but I think this is a great analysis of the song. But the Little Matchstick Girl is a story by Hans Christian Andersen essentially about a girl who has to sell matches in the cold lest she returns home to an abusive father for not selling enough. She uses the matches for warmth and sees comforting images in the flames, however she eventually runs out and freezes to death. The story is essentially about compassion (or lack thereof) from the passers by who ignored here. I think it links to the overall theme of the song that is as a society “the hooded snake controls your mind” and we are not looking out for our “neighbours” and often demonising them. | |
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