Seven Years Lyrics

Lyric discussion by gymnast3791 

Cover art for Seven Years lyrics by Saosin

This song parallels The Scarlet Letter. Used that in an English presentation.

7 years-span of the novel

The holy ghost leaving...Dimmesdale getting Hester pregnant.

I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm not sure...Dimmesdale always indecisive.

Getting off my chest...He was always clutching his chest and may have put his own scarlet letter there.

That mistake was gold...In the end they decide they love eachother.

Seven years you assured me I'd be fine if I complied ......Dimmesdale says nothing and gets none of the punishment.

Tell him his eyes see too clear...Chillingworth and perhaps God see right through Dimmedale

holy shit i posted a huge comment about it paralleling the scarlet letter a year and a half after you wrote this comment without ever seeing it until right now. i fuckin used it for an english presentation too its crazy that someone else had the same epiphany as me while trying to do an english presentation . . . lol just wanted to say that it really does go hand in hand with the book. and i interpreted it totally differently than you too its fuckin crazy that we both did a presentation about this song for the same...