This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
Falling fast and falling free you look to find a friend
Falling fast and falling free this could just be the end
Falling fast you stoop to touch and kiss the flowers that bend
And you're ready now
For the harvest breed
Falling fast and falling free this could just be the end
Falling fast you stoop to touch and kiss the flowers that bend
And you're ready now
For the harvest breed
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Harvest Breed Lyrics as written by Nick Drake
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@midnyteblu <br /> Hi,<br /> After a whole 11 years I hope you can still be here.<br /> I'm not English motherlanguage ... so I can't understand well when you say:<br /> «'Harvest breed' are those selected to die for the crop of whatever.»<br /> Somewhere I've read that this could mean "the part of the harvest that is left for the seeding in the next year".<br /> I searched time ago on the Oxord English Dictionary in a Library, but didn't found this expression.<br /> Can you help me?
@midnyteblu please explain to me in a little more detail what "harvest breed" means? I cannot get anything out of google. thank you
So I think the general idea of this song is pretty clear. This whole album is incredibly morose and morbid. But, throughtout every song, there's a sneaking sense of hope. Not a concrete hope mind you, but Drake seems to be coming to copes with himself and his inevitable death.
The first two lines show a plunge into the existential void. Everything unravels, everything is broken, and "falling free" really defines this plunge as lacking any sort of exit. But, in all of this, Drake says that you "kiss the flowers that bend" while preceeding it with the same phrase as the other two lines. So nothings changed - you're still in a fall that you can't escape, but yet you decide to go another way. This line can either mean that you stop yourself and notice whats around you, that you attempt to comfort someone who is wilting, or that you say goodbye, but in a sweet way, to those things you loved in life. A break then occurs in the delivery of the lines, the last two are short and make no mention of a free fall. Harvest can mean the time of Autumn (which is commonly cited as the season of dyeing), the actual act of harvesting fully matured crops, or body harvest, which is directly indicative of human death. In any case, the word "breed" means group or type, and "you're ready for the harvest breed" could be interpreted directly as 'you are ready to join the dead/dyeing/wilting'. The important thing to notice is that he says "you're ready", not you are part of. You voluntarily accept and are prepared to join this group, which is most likely representative of the end of life, as Drake draws from his upbringing around nature, and inserts them to represent what they are metaphysically symbolic of.
While this is incredibly drawn out and most likely unnecessary, coupled with Nick's soft voice and calm tone, this is most definitely a song about the acceptance of his mortality. He detaches himself by not using the first person, but I believe it is best thought of as him speaking to himself. He recognizes the hopelessness, but he tries to come to copes with it. He knows that he is in a never ending fall into nothingness, but he still transcends it and acknowledges the parts of life he loved. This is only my interpretation, but I think this song is beautifully written.
I utterly agree, I hadn't been able to put it into words but you've done it beautifully. This acceptance of his inevitable death sets the scene for From the Morning, where he celebrates what is beautiful in life and nature, ultimately describing his soul departing the world to become part of the intrinsic fibre of the universe. It's an astonishing album.
And Matt81, you've expressed what I had in mind but wouldn't have been able to say nearly as well.
@mattmatt <br /> It is not clear for me, not English mother language, what really "Harvest breed" does mean.<br /> See we are writing years apart. But we are in Nick's thoughts.
I'm glad this isn't the last track on Pink Moon, that would have been too eerie. The last one, From the Morning, is a bit more cheerful.
@bladet <br /> The lines from "from the morning" have been used here:<br /> i.ytimg.com/vi/FD7KjrfodaY/maxresdefault.jpg<br /> The same should be in my graveyard, with no right to use them, but ,,, who will disagree?
"And kiss the flowers that bend" Reference to Simon and Garfunkels' Flowers Never Bend With the Rainfall?
@acciocoffee <br /> I don't really think.
okay, i'm ready to go now.