Great, sad song. I love the sparse instrumental arrangements - just enough curious instruments creeping in and out to give it a full sound without being crowded. When the chorus of women comes in towards the middle of the song, I just melt into a puddle on the floor.
I believe the correct lyrics to "Who are we to know at all?"
is actually "Who are we to love at all?"
You can pretty clearly hear the women start the word with an L
...Which could be interpreted two ways... who specifically are each of us destined to love, and how do we know? Or... with all of the problems and complications that each person in this world has, are we really capable enough to complicate our lives by loving another? Given the words up to that point I think it's the latter. It sounds like the song is about a man who doesn't realize he's in love with a woman who can not love him back.
Also, is the first line really "He felt a curse around his neck"? Like the curse of the albatross around the neck of the Ancient Mariner. Hard to tell.
Great, sad song. I love the sparse instrumental arrangements - just enough curious instruments creeping in and out to give it a full sound without being crowded. When the chorus of women comes in towards the middle of the song, I just melt into a puddle on the floor.
I believe the correct lyrics to "Who are we to know at all?" is actually "Who are we to love at all?" You can pretty clearly hear the women start the word with an L
...Which could be interpreted two ways... who specifically are each of us destined to love, and how do we know? Or... with all of the problems and complications that each person in this world has, are we really capable enough to complicate our lives by loving another? Given the words up to that point I think it's the latter. It sounds like the song is about a man who doesn't realize he's in love with a woman who can not love him back.
Also, is the first line really "He felt a curse around his neck"? Like the curse of the albatross around the neck of the Ancient Mariner. Hard to tell.