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Hinnom, TX Lyrics
(Fall in)
(Fall out)
(Fall along)
In the first of light
Past the Noachide
Bodies wrapped in white
Stranded every pain
Baby, pasts are slain
I got out of La Grange
In Hinnom
All this time
With your heart in mind
Didn't you edit?
In Hinnom
Go, the least
And the precious feast
The in-vetted
Sand, it starts to steal (solar peace)
Dirt and ice imbed in cheeks (well, it swirls and sweeps)
In the potter's field (you just set it)
Solar peace
well it swirls and sweeps
you just set it
strangers scattering
neither passage in the wind
off pennant tension ring
armor, down
on the wettest ground
not to vet it
(Fall out)
(Fall along)
Past the Noachide
Bodies wrapped in white
Stranded every pain
Baby, pasts are slain
I got out of La Grange
All this time
With your heart in mind
Didn't you edit?
In Hinnom
Go, the least
And the precious feast
The in-vetted
Dirt and ice imbed in cheeks (well, it swirls and sweeps)
In the potter's field (you just set it)
well it swirls and sweeps
you just set it
neither passage in the wind
off pennant tension ring
on the wettest ground
not to vet it
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well hinnom isn't actually a real place, i think it's a reference to 'the valley of hinnom' which in old texts and jewish forklore, hinnom was referred to as 'jerusalem's furnace' or the gates of hell. the noachide is also a set of rules from the hashem similar to the ten commandments. theres quite a hint of hebrew undercurrent in this song
Yeah he has hebrew allusions in re: stacks as well. I think this album is going to get better the more we can digest it.
Yeah he has hebrew allusions in re: stacks as well. I think this album is going to get better the more we can digest it.
He did major in religious studies so I definitely would credit him with this.
He did major in religious studies so I definitely would credit him with this.
i really hope "i got outta La Grange" is a tip of the hat to lucinda williams's song 'fruits of my labor.'
Seeing as this song is about a city in Texas, it could also be a reference to the texan band ZZ-top, and their famous song "La Grange". This, actually, is where Lucinda got that idea from if you ask me. But who knows, maybe it has nothing to do with either one of them.
Seeing as this song is about a city in Texas, it could also be a reference to the texan band ZZ-top, and their famous song "La Grange". This, actually, is where Lucinda got that idea from if you ask me. But who knows, maybe it has nothing to do with either one of them.
well, i found out that lucinda williams plays the steel guitar on a few tracks so it's possible. in fruits of my labor she says "'cause i finally did it baby, i got outta la grange" i hope it is a reference to her because i love that song of hers.
well, i found out that lucinda williams plays the steel guitar on a few tracks so it's possible. in fruits of my labor she says "'cause i finally did it baby, i got outta la grange" i hope it is a reference to her because i love that song of hers.
ok, i just asked him on twitter and he said it is a reference to that song.
ok, i just asked him on twitter and he said it is a reference to that song.
Seems to be about secrets of one's past - skeletons in the closet.
Talks about "vetting" the process of checking out someone's background, knowing about their past.
I think La Grange refers to town in Texas with a nearby whorehouse (on which the film "Best LIttle Whorehouse in Texas" is bassed).
The one line that really sticks out to me is "pennant tension ring" because it sounds so much like "penitentiary" which fits in really well with "strangers scattering" "passage in the wind" and the whole concept of a dirty past and not being judged for it "armor down... not to vet it". "Pennant tension ring" is the official lyric, but I wouldn't put it past Justin to make a play on the sound of the word, rather than the meaning. Or not - maybe the whole things about a musical. Haha!
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In Hinnom in Israel there is a place where people where sacrificed and buried. It also means land without laws (hell).
I think the author mixes a man experience with women with this place. At the beginning he talks about this man having sex with someone, and without finding it enough he goes to La Grange (a prostitutes place in a ZZ top song).
I like the part that says "all this time, with your heart in mind, did you edit?" as he is asking him if he looked after his heart by doing this.
He has lost his faith in love that he vets them (a check up before buying a horse) and by doing this he finds satisfaction (the in-vetted). In Hinnom there is potter's land and wet land. The man vets potter's land to find dirt mixed with ice in cheek (unappealing women) but at the end he find the wettest land and the voice tells him "not to vet it" as if he wont find anything horrible that would satisfy him (dead corpses). Land or earth is female in many cultures. Well, is my interpretation
Bon Iver is fronted by Justin Vernon, a proud Wisconsinite. La Grange refers to a city in Walworth County, WI, about 4 hours from where Justin grew up. In the dedication of Bon Iver, the album that "Hinnom, Tx" is from, he writes a thank you to "Lucinda Williams for giving us the thickest line in music . . . 'I finally did it baby, I got out of La Grange.'" I think this line refers to the deep longing to get out of small-town Wisconsin and make something of yourself (I should know - I grew up in Walworth County).