| Parenthetical Girls – Present Perfect (An Epithalamium) Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| The line "we all salivate when the bells ring" may well be a reference to Pavlov's dogs and classical conditioning; in the context of a wedding song "written for the bride on the way to her marriage chamber" (Wikipedia), this could show how those who are aware of this woman's past ("retrace those restless days now placed amongst the pews" — past sexual partners sitting and watching her wedding, with this further reinforced by the line "I saw you as much of each of us" and the reply "we just assumed you knew") are going along with the formalities ("each forever holds his peace") and are perhaps not only making a fuss of her on her wedding day but lusting after her again (salivating) as they once did, having looked back on those times ("we fucked through your room", which when combined with the line about retracing may imply that our protagonist intercepted the bride at some point before or after the wedding to remember his past relationship/encounter with her). | |
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