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A Song for Ellie Greenwich Lyrics
pressed unto us flesh still sickly sweet
with scents of love
but lost of this lust
exactly what becomes of us?
just like me
they long to see you on your knees
but all these he's into she's
irreparably slow these hopes we've sewn
and so we forego
what pleasantries we've grown to know
hand in glove
for lack of the words, we called this love
but now they've cynical slurs to define what it was
that we have done
the tone that she chose shows
mother knows whats become of us
and should i start to show
well heaven knows we'll soon be sussed
false alarms, might i have meant to do you harm
but somehow i found much to distrust
in what once ushered us
through months of hurried hush
with scents of love
but lost of this lust
exactly what becomes of us?
they long to see you on your knees
but all these he's into she's
irreparably slow these hopes we've sewn
and so we forego
what pleasantries we've grown to know
for lack of the words, we called this love
but now they've cynical slurs to define what it was
that we have done
mother knows whats become of us
and should i start to show
well heaven knows we'll soon be sussed
false alarms, might i have meant to do you harm
but somehow i found much to distrust
in what once ushered us
through months of hurried hush
Song Info
Submitted by
sithie On Jul 11, 2008
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flesh still sickly sweet
my favorite from entanglements
sO BEAUTIFUL. What's the Ellie Grenwich reference, though? Can't really see how it relates to her...
I don't know what this has to do with Ms. Greenwich, but the song seems to be about "illicit" sexuality and pregnancy before they were as socially accepted as they are today. Evidence: The discussion of "love" and "lust" in the first part seems to at least raise the issue of sexuality and the (limited) options available in a more sexually restricted time.
I don't know what this has to do with Ms. Greenwich, but the song seems to be about "illicit" sexuality and pregnancy before they were as socially accepted as they are today. Evidence: The discussion of "love" and "lust" in the first part seems to at least raise the issue of sexuality and the (limited) options available in a more sexually restricted time.
The "just like me, they long to see..." is delivered and the lyrics sound a lot lot like Karen Carpenter's "just like me, they long to be close to you" --...
The "just like me, they long to see..." is delivered and the lyrics sound a lot lot like Karen Carpenter's "just like me, they long to be close to you" -- but once again, not sure what to make of the similarity. The difference between those lines is very different..."on your knees" seems to imply submission, possibly a socially acceptable wifely submission, if the song is really about sex and possibly a pregnancy scare as the final verses seem to hint.
They experienced attraction, but not the official, socially sanctioned 'love and marriage' -- "for lack of the words, we called this love / but now they've cynical slurs to define what it was that we have done." This is only enhanced by the fact that one of their mothers talks to them about their actions in a tone that probably isn't positive.
"Start[ing] to show" and pregnancy seem directly related. Should the woman in the relationship be pregnant, real issues would soon arise, but it is a "false alarm." So in other words, whoever is in this relationship had a fling that could have 'ruined' them at a time when society was much less forgiving of mistaking lust for love, but there ended up not being any proof (for one reason or another) and it seems like the fact that the issue was even raised ("I found much to distrust in what ushered us through months of hurried hush") causes the speaker (whoever they are) to question the motives of the woman(?) in the relationship. Maybe she wanted to disobey society's dictates about appropriate sexuality? Perhaps wanted to trap the speaker?
Not sure. Vague song, but still excellent a year later.
The entire record seems to be a chronologically concept record about an affair between a 14 year old and a 25 year old. This song seems to be when that relationship is uncovered and falls apart. The rest of the record seems to be reflecting on that dissolution, mostly from the 25 year old's perspective.
There is a fair amount of gender confusion between the narrators song to song, but it seems consistent in narrative terms.