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Tollund Man Lyrics
I was sitting at the edge of the marsh
when the council came to bring me the news.
they handed me a bowl of cooked wild grasses and they
gave me the ceremonial shoes.
goodbye young danish women.
goodbye danish sky.
goodbye cold air I am going away.
goodbye goodbye goodbye.
when the council came to bring me the news.
they handed me a bowl of cooked wild grasses and they
gave me the ceremonial shoes.
goodbye danish sky.
goodbye cold air I am going away.
goodbye goodbye goodbye.
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Submitted by
shewouldnt On May 19, 2006
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This song is about an article Darnielle read about scientists having found a 4,000 year old corpse and piecing togethers its final meal. Apparently the corpse was a candidate for sacrifice, chosen randomly. Prior to that, a healthy male. He empathizes with the selected and sings of what he must have gone through before submitting to fate.
john darnielle played this at the show i saw last night. he claimed, "i took an archaeology course a long time ago. i stopped going to the class, but during my newfound idle time, i looked at the archaeology book for the class. i saw the picture of the tollund man and i knew i just had to write a song about it."
He played this live once adding a bit extra at the end. A recording exists (http://youtu.be/FeRZXqqqsm0) It sounds like
"No mercy, which makes your love more strong to love that well, which you will have to leave before too long"
Thought it was interesting.
@KingQwerty Yes! That's a paraphrase of the final lines of Sonnet 73: "This thou perceiv'st, which makes thy love more strong, To love that well, which thou must leave ere long."
@KingQwerty Yes! That's a paraphrase of the final lines of Sonnet 73: "This thou perceiv'st, which makes thy love more strong, To love that well, which thou must leave ere long."
Thanks for posting that. It is interesting. Consider the exuberance of the sacrifice, the tollund man, who loves what he sees as he takes his final glances at the world around him, loving well what he must leave.
Thanks for posting that. It is interesting. Consider the exuberance of the sacrifice, the tollund man, who loves what he sees as he takes his final glances at the world around him, loving well what he must leave.
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