| The Handsome Family – Far From Any Road Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| Was just reading an interview with Brett & Rennie on Washingtonpost.com and she mentions that the blooming cactus is a Jimson weed. It's used as an analgesic, but is also a strong hallucinogenic. | |
| The Handsome Family – Far From Any Road Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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This is a love story, albeit a dark and tragic one. The first verse, sung by Brett, describes a man who goes into the desert in the heat of the day to find the elusive cactus, Queen of the Night. He finds it, among a poisonous creosote plant, and collapses there, eventually to die. The second verse, sung by Rennie, depicts a woman who sets out on the same quest at dusk. She finds the same cactus and when she "falls down in the thorny brush" she feels the man's trembling hand. The 2 characters die there and their bones are dragged away by desert scavengers. They are forever joined by their common fate. The tragedy is that if they'd found each other sooner, perhaps they could have found what they were seeking in each other and not in this dangerous quest. Thanks to everyone who answered before me. You helped me play detective and find my true meaning for this amazing song! |
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