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Yeat's Grave Lyrics
Silenced by death in the grave
W B Yeats couldn't save
Why did you stand there
'Where you sickened in time
But I know by now
Why did you sit here?
In the GRAVE
W.B. Yeats "Second"
Why should I blame her
That she filled my days
With misery or that she would of late
Have taught to ignorant men violent ways
Or hurled the little street upon the great
Had they but courage
Equals to desire
Sad that Maud Gonne Couldn't stay
But she had Mac Bride anyway
And you sit here with me
On the isle Inisfree
And you writing down everything
But i know by now
Why did you sit here
In the grave...
Why should I blame her
Had they but courage equals to desire
W B Yeats couldn't save
Why did you stand there
'Where you sickened in time
But I know by now
Why did you sit here?
In the GRAVE
That she filled my days
With misery or that she would of late
Have taught to ignorant men violent ways
Or hurled the little street upon the great
Had they but courage
Equals to desire
But she had Mac Bride anyway
And you sit here with me
On the isle Inisfree
But i know by now
Why did you sit here
In the grave...
Had they but courage equals to desire
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The "sitting in a grave" part refers to Yeats using his personal suffering as artistic inspiration, something Dolores knows about very well. As she goes on in the previous line "And you writing down everything, But I know by now" seems to reflect an earlier time in her life when she might not have realized why he put himself through the misery and in her eyes closer to his own death, though is it clear to her now as an artist having experienced her own heartbreak and healing through artistic expression.
Maud Gonne was this woman Yeats was obssessed with. She was into violent politics in Ireland and he asked her to marry him several times but she said no every time. The pain this caused him was the source of much of his poetry.
W.B Yeats is/was a great poet writer
See, once you know history and the names, the song makes sense and it's sad
Ocean Soul: your comment was meaningless. The whole first part draws attention to yourself and not in a positive way. Don't comment on a good song and then throw Fred Durst's name in it to draw attention, dumbass. I think the only part of your comment I agree with is that MORE PEOPLE SHOULD LISTEN TO 'No Need To Argue'..good cd from start to finish!
by the way..W.B. Yeats WAS a great poet! :)
who's MacBride? and what does she mean why did you sit here in a grave?
MacBride was Maud Gonne's husband, who got executed by the British for his role in the Easter Rising of 1916. Gonne was the great love of W.B. Yeats's life and inspired a lot of his poetry. (She was also kind of crazy and pretty much a terrorist, which is where the 'ignorant men' and 'violent ways' bit comes from.)
MacBride was Maud Gonne's husband, who got executed by the British for his role in the Easter Rising of 1916. Gonne was the great love of W.B. Yeats's life and inspired a lot of his poetry. (She was also kind of crazy and pretty much a terrorist, which is where the 'ignorant men' and 'violent ways' bit comes from.)
FUCK FUCKEDIFUCKFUCK...Fred Durst was in my school class sucka
okay, some cheap provocation to attract attention to good music, i am too tired for anything that's worth lyrics like these...i don't know W.B. Yeats, i don't know "the isle Inisfree" , but i know:
IF MORE PEOPLE WOULD LISTEN TO AND UNDERSTAND "NO NEED TO ARGUE" by "THE CRANBERRIES", THE WORLD WOULD BE A BETTER PLACE. THIS IS SERIOUS.