| Joanna Newsom – Waltz of the 101st Lightborne Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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The protagonist is the wife (or significant other) for a soldier in a new kind of war, one being waged not across space but across time. The song opens on the protagonist reflecting on recent history, in which the mysterious invaders had been narrowly defeated in three wars (the fourth was much more of a rout). The survivors, enticed by the realization that time is an additional dimension to be explored and exploited, then launch an expedition to colonize/conquer other times. But only after the "101st Lightborne Elite" launches does the protagonist realize that the fleet they launched is the same one that was just repelled--that they're fighting the ghosts of themselves, across time. |
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