Joan of Arc

This Life Cumulative

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you've got such a pretty voice but you gotta get so fucked up to sing. fucking clutzes funny boning moaning "yea". you're dumbteen bumteen cumteen runtteen plumteen bumpteen dumpteen runteen pumpteen years old. you say it's the Verda Pierce in me versus the Bell Hooks in me. pointillist communication. trapped in grammar and calendars. all this whitebread makes me wonder. and dear lord for poor fiona. swore on some music awards she wish'd she'd never been born. in a language of awkward sighs, and you. you're always using cooing.

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planes On May 15, 2002

Me and America or the United Colors of the Gap

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Malhavic

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by Malhavic

11y ago

I don't think this song is actually about Fiona Apple, while her award show behavior is definitely mentioned. It is part of the overall metaphor. I also love the the puns using feminist writers. These aspects combined are why I believe this song is about the awkwardness it is to be a young woman in the modern time as understood from a man.

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by PLANES

24y ago

tim kinsella's voice in this song is just so great..and its a crazy crazy song...for a while i always prefered cap'n jazz over joan of arc but it was this song that made me like them more.

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by daffy

24y ago

yes this song is absolutely fantastic, ive always loved it. it's just great apparently, it's about fiona apple

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by PLANES

24y ago

yeah this part is about fiona apple---"and dear lord for poor fiona. swore on some music awards she wish'd she'd never been born."

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by claudio

20y ago

well the whole song is about fiona, i think when he says all the bumpteen cumpteen... year names he is saying she may be older than her age for what has happened. i do not know much about fiona though

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by RecoveringPain

19y ago

This song is perfect.

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by lostwars 17y ago

The beginning is a description of Fionas video for "Criminal. You can see it here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTpvjNn2BUM. Fiona is in a sea of arms and legs trying to get out.

by Andykinsella

17y ago

All this white bread makes me wonder. Genius.

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by RecoveringPain 17y ago

I love this part too :D

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