I remember a far away laugh a sweet caress you'd help me zip up my dress.
And I remember your arms wrapped around my neck twenty one shells wrapped in a nest.
Endlessness. Didn't last.
I won't change given the chance.
I remember no place for me to hide. Before you came home at night.
And I remember you turnin' out the lights all i ever saw was the red in your eyes.
No big surprise. Happened nearly every night your own flesh & blood.
I did wonder why.
I remember not knowing what to say & how calm you had remained your child still born with no name.
I remember the never ending summer rain.
Please don't let what was get in the way of whats next.
Don't forget that whats to come hasn't come yet.
And I remember your arms wrapped around my neck twenty one shells wrapped in a nest.
Endlessness. Didn't last.
I won't change given the chance.
I remember no place for me to hide. Before you came home at night.
And I remember you turnin' out the lights all i ever saw was the red in your eyes.
No big surprise. Happened nearly every night your own flesh & blood.
I did wonder why.
I remember not knowing what to say & how calm you had remained your child still born with no name.
I remember the never ending summer rain.
Please don't let what was get in the way of whats next.
Don't forget that whats to come hasn't come yet.
Lyrics submitted by fiveH00float
I Remember Lyrics as written by Devendra Banhart
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I love how piercing this song is, especially for a melancholy day.
What do you guys think "twenty one shells wrapped in a nest" could refer to?
My first impression of this song was about a family relation(the flesh & blood part) as stated by others before me.
My favorite lines are:
"I remember the never ending summer rain.
Please don't let what was get in the way of whats next. Don't forget that whats to come hasn't come yet."
The first is a great metaphor, how the pregnancy/whole situation keeps the sun from shining during summertime.
I appreciate how Devendra presents difficult and dark times, but always ends them with an uplifting/encouraging statement for those who connected with the beginning/middle of the songs. It's like he's giving a pep talk to anyone who empathizes with similar emotions. In that sense, the spark that inspires him to write in the first place could be to help people, family, friends who need some consoling. If so then this theory supports marieH's idea. Anyway, this theory is partly based on Devendra's song 'My Dearest Friend', which i think has a similar uplifting message to one of his friends(describing the sentiment, then providing comfort).
Those are such great lines. This song is so emotionally evocative. I like the parallel you point out with "My Dearest Friend". They both have a similar feeling.<br /> <br /> I think this song is from the perspective of a daughter who was sexually abused and impregnated by her father.