Ok, then i will start. It seems to be about that time when you're lying in bed, trying to sleep but unable to ("count to 35 and yawn") , and thinking all those existential thoughts that come to you when you're waiting for sleep, such as the idea of death.
Perhaps it's just because of my own nighttime death thoughts, but it seems as though this song has a lot of thinking about death in it, and the fear or reluctance to die.
The part I don't get is the end, starting at "with the documents and kindergarten anthems..." up till the end. I don't quite get the meaning of it or how it relates to the line preceding it. And I'm obsessive about this kind of stuff, so if anyone could help me out, i would appreciate it.
"I don't want a second chance to turn my stuttering reluctance into romance, with these documents and kindergarten anthems, with my drunken liturgies."
"I don't want a second chance to turn my stuttering reluctance into romance, with these documents and kindergarten anthems, with my drunken liturgies."
This isn't about looking forward, it's about recounting the past. It's about the rituals associated with death, and celebrating the lives of lost loved ones. The "stuttering reluctance" with which a relationship begins, in retrospect, turns into a dashing romance. Documents (e.g., personal letters, diplomas, birth certificates, childhood memorabilia) get collected up to organize thoughts about the life being remembered and celebrated. I'm not sure about "kindergarten anthems"; maybe it refers...
This isn't about looking forward, it's about recounting the past. It's about the rituals associated with death, and celebrating the lives of lost loved ones. The "stuttering reluctance" with which a relationship begins, in retrospect, turns into a dashing romance. Documents (e.g., personal letters, diplomas, birth certificates, childhood memorabilia) get collected up to organize thoughts about the life being remembered and celebrated. I'm not sure about "kindergarten anthems"; maybe it refers to remembering and sharing songs that the person liked as a child, or maybe it's using the saccharine, optimistic nature of children's songs (think Barney the Dinosaur) as an analogy to the unrealistically positive way we spin the lives of lost loved ones (I love you, you love me, we're a happy family"). "Drunken liturgies" is a return to one of the themes of the album, interpreting quasi-secular rituals (eulogies and general commiseration) in sacred terms.
Just popped into my head, but on the theme of death, kindergarten anthems are often very dark, traditional songs -- e.g., "ring around the rosey, pocket full of posey, ashes, ashes, we all fall down!"
Just popped into my head, but on the theme of death, kindergarten anthems are often very dark, traditional songs -- e.g., "ring around the rosey, pocket full of posey, ashes, ashes, we all fall down!"
Ok, then i will start. It seems to be about that time when you're lying in bed, trying to sleep but unable to ("count to 35 and yawn") , and thinking all those existential thoughts that come to you when you're waiting for sleep, such as the idea of death.
Perhaps it's just because of my own nighttime death thoughts, but it seems as though this song has a lot of thinking about death in it, and the fear or reluctance to die.
The part I don't get is the end, starting at "with the documents and kindergarten anthems..." up till the end. I don't quite get the meaning of it or how it relates to the line preceding it. And I'm obsessive about this kind of stuff, so if anyone could help me out, i would appreciate it.
"I don't want a second chance to turn my stuttering reluctance into romance, with these documents and kindergarten anthems, with my drunken liturgies."
"I don't want a second chance to turn my stuttering reluctance into romance, with these documents and kindergarten anthems, with my drunken liturgies."
This isn't about looking forward, it's about recounting the past. It's about the rituals associated with death, and celebrating the lives of lost loved ones. The "stuttering reluctance" with which a relationship begins, in retrospect, turns into a dashing romance. Documents (e.g., personal letters, diplomas, birth certificates, childhood memorabilia) get collected up to organize thoughts about the life being remembered and celebrated. I'm not sure about "kindergarten anthems"; maybe it refers...
This isn't about looking forward, it's about recounting the past. It's about the rituals associated with death, and celebrating the lives of lost loved ones. The "stuttering reluctance" with which a relationship begins, in retrospect, turns into a dashing romance. Documents (e.g., personal letters, diplomas, birth certificates, childhood memorabilia) get collected up to organize thoughts about the life being remembered and celebrated. I'm not sure about "kindergarten anthems"; maybe it refers to remembering and sharing songs that the person liked as a child, or maybe it's using the saccharine, optimistic nature of children's songs (think Barney the Dinosaur) as an analogy to the unrealistically positive way we spin the lives of lost loved ones (I love you, you love me, we're a happy family"). "Drunken liturgies" is a return to one of the themes of the album, interpreting quasi-secular rituals (eulogies and general commiseration) in sacred terms.
Just popped into my head, but on the theme of death, kindergarten anthems are often very dark, traditional songs -- e.g., "ring around the rosey, pocket full of posey, ashes, ashes, we all fall down!"
Just popped into my head, but on the theme of death, kindergarten anthems are often very dark, traditional songs -- e.g., "ring around the rosey, pocket full of posey, ashes, ashes, we all fall down!"