Abilene Lyrics
a black-haired girl i called abilene
'young girl, where's your husband?'
'sadly,' she replied, 'i do not have one.'
'then it's you i'll marry with your parents' permission.'
for i am a young girl
and you are a man without money.'
'then i'll come by your window
tonight when they both will be sleeping
in a carriage, i will be waiting
they'll awake, find you gone,
rub their eyes, and think they're dreaming.'
and never did they think
that their abilene would leave them
is it in the mountains high
or is it the deep blue sea?'
it hit me. and all it took was a drive through the beuatiful canadian rockys
i think "is it in the mountaisn high or is it the deep blue sea" is a question of weither hes taking her to heaven or hell
I think "Is it in the mountains high? Or is it the deep blue sea?" means heaven or hell, happiness or sadness, but there is also a tone of weird threat of isolation to this whole song. For example, when the speaker is talking about her parents, and how they will not believe she left them----he sounds kind of gleeful to be taking this naive girl away from everything and everyone she knows.
It could also be the devil himself. It sounds rather mysterious and dark, like the Devil has come to tempt her away from her "goodness" and into the dark unknown.
holy cow, this song is great. i think that damien jurado is amazing. i don't really think that there is anything to explain about this song, it's fairly straightforward. i love the midwestern country/folk music that damien is bringing back. really good, solid musicianship.
it seems a bit strange posting this after all this time but my reading of this song is a bit different. To me the guy who's telling the story is a hopeless dreamer (note the way he seems overly interested in her parents reactions to their eloping). Abilene is well aware of this. The final lines are like her saying... and sure...where are you going to take me (with no money!) China? The Moon?
it seems a bit strange posting this after all this time but my reading of this song is a bit different. To me the guy who's telling the story is a hopeless dreamer (note the way he seems overly interested in her parents reactions to their eloping). Abilene is well aware of this. The final lines are like her saying... and sure...where are you going to take me (with no money!) China? The Moon?
this song is great, just listen, there's nothing to realy explain
Agreed
a beaut.
agreed. asojfdhasljdfhksdfhl
(omfgwtfstfuplzkthx) this remarkable song sounds botch catchy and ancient.
beautiful song
"is it in the mountaisn high or is it the deep blue sea" that just seems like something to me that could mean something else haha