This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
She wasn't ever obliged
To lift me a buckle or rise
And once her eyes covered with flies
The pain she no longer disguised
Windows that I'm terrorized in time
Never to ignite
There was once a time beside
It holds each one in light
'Til the market left dry
How long she's been by my side
But at last, the stable's retired
To lift me a buckle or rise
And once her eyes covered with flies
The pain she no longer disguised
Windows that I'm terrorized in time
Never to ignite
There was once a time beside
It holds each one in light
'Til the market left dry
How long she's been by my side
But at last, the stable's retired
Lyrics submitted by jjjonatron, edited by eli.breen
The Shrew Lyrics as written by Zach Condon
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I don't think it's "Windows that I'm / terrorized in time," to me it sounds more like, "Windows alight / where I rest inside."
Actually, after listening further, I think the correct lyrics are as follows:<br /> <br /> She wasn't ever obliged<br /> To lift me a buckle or rise<br /> And once her eyes covered with flies<br /> The pain she no longer disguised<br /> Windows alight where I rest inside<br /> Never to ignite<br /> There was once a time we sighed<br /> It holds each morning light<br /> 'Til the market left her eye<br /> How long she's been by my side<br /> Let her rest, the stable's retired<br />
I don't even understand how there aren't any comments on this song yet, but I feel ever so grateful to be the first. The Shrew is one of Zach Condon's favorite works [as noted by hmi on release] and whatever reason he has is probably much more personal, but I can't help but give credit where credit is due. The horn fanfare on this track is amazing, and his vocals are so sharp and cut in at exactly the right time. As far as the meaning is concerned, I don't want it to seem convoluted, so I'll keep my thoughts simple. The shrew, by definition, is a temperamental woman. Specific events or symbols are difficult for me to pick out, but obviously they've been together a while. The stable becoming retired may be a symbol for the end of a relationship, a home, a way of life. Whatever the meaning I can't help but think of the lines from Cherbourg:
A fall from you is a long way down, but Ive found a better way out.
"She wasn't ever obliged"
i really don't understand much the song so if can someone please comment here of the meaning i'll really appreciatte it
Just Amazing. This is the way I interpret this song. Starts assuming that it's about an old couple.
"She wasn't ever obliged To lift me a buckle or rise"
I think this part refers to the woman from the husband's perspective, she was never obliged to do this or that for me, or even rise in the morning to care for me but she did it.
"And once her eyes covered with flies The pain she no longer disguised" This seems to express that the wife died and the husband had to see her go through pain and finally death. The next part is very hard for me to interpret but I assumed it might talk about memories not sure if good ones or bad ones, could be good ones that they spent together when they were able to but the husband doesn't want to remember because of the pain he is already baring. "Windows that I'm terrorized in time Never to ignite There was once a time beside It holds each one in light"
"'Til the market left dry" I am not sure how to connect this because it could be interpreted as a relationship that runs out of love, so i will just leave it at that.
"How long she's been by my side But at last, the stable's retired" Pretty self explanatory, how long she has been my companion but at last, she can rest.
That's all I could think of, I would like to know your opinions.