These are some of the most straight-forward lyrics I've heard by Sufjan.
No one's touched on this line:
"When my sister picks a fight
With the Alexander boy"
It sounds like she got into a fight with a boy over her dad and his "mistress." Maybe she was defending her dad before the rest of the song happened.
"If I'm hiding in the sleeves
Of my coat
When my father runs undressed
He's pointing at my throat
And my brother has a fit
In the snow
And the traffic stops for miles
We take him by the elbow"
The visuals here are incredible. "We take him by the elbow" is interesting; either the brother and the sister are trying to drag him out of the road, or the brother and the father each have an elbow and are pulling him in different directions.
Sufjan's songs are so personal and intense. They break my heart.
@Breedabie the reference to Alexander is a metaphor for the county McClure is in and the county boys(cops) this is a well known fact around southern Illinois in Alexander County. I’m sitting in East Cape Girardeau Illinois in Alexander County 3 miles from McClure right now and I’m from across the bridge in Missouri. I didn’t know about this song and this Bub guy says Nikki look up The Mistress witch of McClure and here I am flabbergasted. Now I’ve got to hear it. I’ve read it and am going to have to read it many more times to make...
@Breedabie the reference to Alexander is a metaphor for the county McClure is in and the county boys(cops) this is a well known fact around southern Illinois in Alexander County. I’m sitting in East Cape Girardeau Illinois in Alexander County 3 miles from McClure right now and I’m from across the bridge in Missouri. I didn’t know about this song and this Bub guy says Nikki look up The Mistress witch of McClure and here I am flabbergasted. Now I’ve got to hear it. I’ve read it and am going to have to read it many more times to make all the underlying connections but I will because this is my stomping ground.
These are some of the most straight-forward lyrics I've heard by Sufjan. No one's touched on this line:
"When my sister picks a fight With the Alexander boy"
It sounds like she got into a fight with a boy over her dad and his "mistress." Maybe she was defending her dad before the rest of the song happened.
"If I'm hiding in the sleeves Of my coat When my father runs undressed He's pointing at my throat And my brother has a fit In the snow And the traffic stops for miles We take him by the elbow"
The visuals here are incredible. "We take him by the elbow" is interesting; either the brother and the sister are trying to drag him out of the road, or the brother and the father each have an elbow and are pulling him in different directions.
Sufjan's songs are so personal and intense. They break my heart.
@Breedabie the reference to Alexander is a metaphor for the county McClure is in and the county boys(cops) this is a well known fact around southern Illinois in Alexander County. I’m sitting in East Cape Girardeau Illinois in Alexander County 3 miles from McClure right now and I’m from across the bridge in Missouri. I didn’t know about this song and this Bub guy says Nikki look up The Mistress witch of McClure and here I am flabbergasted. Now I’ve got to hear it. I’ve read it and am going to have to read it many more times to make...
@Breedabie the reference to Alexander is a metaphor for the county McClure is in and the county boys(cops) this is a well known fact around southern Illinois in Alexander County. I’m sitting in East Cape Girardeau Illinois in Alexander County 3 miles from McClure right now and I’m from across the bridge in Missouri. I didn’t know about this song and this Bub guy says Nikki look up The Mistress witch of McClure and here I am flabbergasted. Now I’ve got to hear it. I’ve read it and am going to have to read it many more times to make all the underlying connections but I will because this is my stomping ground.