The Mother We Share

Hello everyone, I'm rev. I'm the vocalist for a band out of Minnesota called Simplicia. I'm new to this site. I stumbled on it when I ran a search for lyrics to this song

As a song writer myself, I believe the meaning of a song in relation to the person listening is the crux of the en-devour. in other words as far as the artist is concerned, what a song means to the listener can be much more important than what the artist originally wrote it about. It's the truth. To be completely honest, if the writer felt the need to leave nothing open to interpretation, they most certainly have the means to do so. What it means to you can be the most pleasing part of lyrical ingestion and can often reflect more about the listener than the songwriter. This skill is not lost on the true music lover..

I love this song. I also love that in the comments on this song no one has said "she" meant this or "she" meant that or, this happened to "her"(the vocalist) or that happened to "her". Artists can share very personal details about themselves (and others) within their music. Above all they are story tellers, poets and, entertainers. The questions about the root of a song that are begged from the desire to identify with the artist singing it is a slippery slope. Taking someones music and lyrics as a road map to who they are as people is simply asking for trouble. You guys/girls said what it has meant to YOU. That's refreshing.

On to the song. I believe this song has the potential to be interpreted in five to six different ways. Personally, I think that's a pretty damn good spread for a song writer. If it is superficially distilled (undeservingly) into happy or unhappy, i actually would lean toward the happy and comforting end of the spectrum! In fact, to me this song is a snapshot within a love story. It's a real event of significance too.

Like previous comments have hinted I'm also inclined toward that of a sibling relationship. Most daring would be that of an incestuous one. In a given interpretation, the lines referring to the mother they share are not necessarily those of reverence. Respect?-sure but perhaps in the way and resented.

For the purpose of discussion here's an imaginative but twisted expansion: Imagine a brother and sister in love and a physical relationship for some time. The imediate predicament is one of growth and limitation. The biggest limiting factor is their aloof and heavy-handed mother. An insufferable type. The SISTER has been there time after time filling her mother's role. Comforting him, propping him up. giving him love. She knows the shortcomings of the mother and finds herself as the more competent mother to the boy.

As siblings I also find there to be a coming-of-age contingent for the both of them. -For her it is one of confidence, courage, sacrifice and, steadiness. She sees him as having to go. To leave is imperative -Partially to spread his wings and get out from underneath something for sure but, whatever it is it doesn't seem to be up for discussion. She's insistent that he goes somewhere. Somewherer removed. Somewhere safe. In a nutshell, as far as she's concerned he should have been gone yesterday. At this point she's resorted to pleading with him!

But why? Why so urgent? What could possibly have gone so wrong?

Perhaps it was HIS coming of age. As a mother to him she would have always seen him as her's but also as a boy. Throughout the years (and their undercover escapades) she has protected him and covered for him and actually "covering him".
What is she covering him with? Perhaps a blanket? But why? Possibly to hide him and claim there was no one else in her bed with her. It all seemed to have worked in the past. So what went wrong? What IS the predicament? Why is she now pleading with him to get away and escape? And from what? What is it for which she can't provide sanctity? What is the one thing she couldn't possibly sweep under the rug for him?-For the both of them??

How about her unplanned pregnancy? As the father to his own sister's unborn child it is something he would never be forgiven for. As for her, she's not going to even try to dodge her role in the mess. It's going to be apparent very soon. his omens are signs of her pregnancy. he is man, she is woman and woman is fucking pregnant! As soon as he's gone she's to be he one to face the music. She has almost no choice and is going to face it head on and for the both of them.. not so much of a 'break up' after all. more of a..'I'll see you soon...' All together It's a dilemma they are both very aware of and at this point the brother even suggests a way and a place for the both of them to escape TOGETHER.-They really don't have to part! she doesn't have to face this alone! But once again she's there to comfort him by saying that no matter how their mother shames them for their cold hearted evil ways, there is nothing she can do to keep their hearts from yearning for each other and seeking one another out.

Yet in the same vain- let us not forget the possibility of a father or step father in place of a brother. To me the father type role can can throw throw an opposing slant of a very devious nature to the entire song. This carries with it some very dark and vengful lines of thought within those lines. (hence the "unhappy")

What is the true "meaning" of the song? More to the point, what exactly did the song writer write it about?? Maybe a game of Frisbee in the rain on a Thursday. ..on second thought it's most likely.

No matter how we interprate a given song or pine to wrap it into our ugliness and cynicism we must all remember our primary responsibility while ingesting an art form. -To tear bare our breast whilst breathless and become the beholders of beauty. For me, It is the song writer who swings the sharpest of impliments.

Rev Minneapolis, MN