Borrowed Time Lyrics

Lyric discussion by mister care-too-much 

i love the last minute or so, when she doesn't sing and it's just ambient. beautiful lyrics/vocals as always.

anyone else get the feeling she's taking the POV of an animal, like in the minnow and the trout? 'this freezing branch is home to us', 'the end is near, i feel it dear, but i'm not afraid'. many animals have relatively short lifespans. idk just a thought. it says on her wikipedia that she might write a book influenced by the chronicles of narnia, with the talking animals and all. so maybe she's using her songs to practice. shrugs

This album seems to be a mixture of a tragic love life juxtaposed with the lives of animals. "Rangers", "Minnow and the Trout" and this song are full of anthropomorphic imagery.

She has also said she was influenced by "Alice in Wonderland" and loves fairy tales in an interview last year.