I'm pretty sure (well, as sure as it's possible to be on a Tori song- so many fucking layers!) that this is about Virginia, the actual spirit of that slice of land. Tori's choosing to characterize her as female and definitely Native American- turquoise serpents, the Red Road part, etc.- which makes sense because that was the first culture to live there, and the Native American connection with and spirituality given to land fits her metaphor nicely.
Basically, Virginia's all chillin' happy with her native peeps, and then said native peeps are like, "Oh no the white man is coming, hellll no! He is going to take to Virginia too!" So the white man does, but Virginia being what she is (land, the basis of life) she is fully giving. Unlike the natives the white man doesn't know the right amount to take: he just takes and takes (hands open bit.)
The savoir bit I'm not as sure on, though I think it's Virginia taking the whole Jesus thing (all will be made well in the end) on credit, but doesn't see it come to fruition. So life goes on and she's losing her self to all the corruption, both from individuals and politically. Forgetting her name, not knowing what her turquoise serpents represent- she has lost her spirit.
In a nutshell, a song about "raping the land," using the metaphor of physically doing so (gives him her body, covering him, arouse.)
I'm pretty sure (well, as sure as it's possible to be on a Tori song- so many fucking layers!) that this is about Virginia, the actual spirit of that slice of land. Tori's choosing to characterize her as female and definitely Native American- turquoise serpents, the Red Road part, etc.- which makes sense because that was the first culture to live there, and the Native American connection with and spirituality given to land fits her metaphor nicely.
Basically, Virginia's all chillin' happy with her native peeps, and then said native peeps are like, "Oh no the white man is coming, hellll no! He is going to take to Virginia too!" So the white man does, but Virginia being what she is (land, the basis of life) she is fully giving. Unlike the natives the white man doesn't know the right amount to take: he just takes and takes (hands open bit.)
The savoir bit I'm not as sure on, though I think it's Virginia taking the whole Jesus thing (all will be made well in the end) on credit, but doesn't see it come to fruition. So life goes on and she's losing her self to all the corruption, both from individuals and politically. Forgetting her name, not knowing what her turquoise serpents represent- she has lost her spirit.
In a nutshell, a song about "raping the land," using the metaphor of physically doing so (gives him her body, covering him, arouse.)