Finally Got it.
This song is infact about being loss, though its at a particular time in the narrators life.
The river represents life passing by,"I can hear voices in the water ",the voices are her conscience trying to find something or better yet someone.(She cant find herself), she lost it in the river. "I think I mustve lost it in the river "
"To green eyes they give nothing away
Do you think now at last
You can tell me
No you won't - give away "
While she looks at her reflection in the water, she hopes her eyes will give her some evidence of who she was or who she has become.But they give nothing away!
"And birds blackface singing in the tree (Black birds represent death,ex.Edgar allen poe the raven)
If I got myself a gun
Then I could shoot down everyone " (She is now expressing her frustration)
"I saw father dancing with his daughter
And the music singing softly on the breeze " ( these are nostalgic memories of her life as a child)
"I can't see an end - salvation anywhere " ( nothing is coming to save her from herself)
"Think I'll wait here if he comes he comes down the river " ( She is hopeless and will wait forever)
"I've heard all this before,Already I know,A lost soul - I won't say anymore"
She has repetitiously gone over this argument within herself many, many times, and she is tired of fighting. Now she just will be quiet, and not say anything else.
SORRY FOR SUCHA LONG POST, BUT CHAN MARSHALL DOES PACK ALOT OF MEANING IN HER SONGS.........
VIVA LA CATPOWER: WE LOVE YOU...
Finally Got it. This song is infact about being loss, though its at a particular time in the narrators life. The river represents life passing by,"I can hear voices in the water ",the voices are her conscience trying to find something or better yet someone.(She cant find herself), she lost it in the river. "I think I mustve lost it in the river "
"To green eyes they give nothing away Do you think now at last You can tell me No you won't - give away "
While she looks at her reflection in the water, she hopes her eyes will give her some evidence of who she was or who she has become.But they give nothing away!
"And birds blackface singing in the tree (Black birds represent death,ex.Edgar allen poe the raven) If I got myself a gun Then I could shoot down everyone " (She is now expressing her frustration)
"I saw father dancing with his daughter And the music singing softly on the breeze " ( these are nostalgic memories of her life as a child)
"I can't see an end - salvation anywhere " ( nothing is coming to save her from herself) "Think I'll wait here if he comes he comes down the river " ( She is hopeless and will wait forever)
"I've heard all this before,Already I know,A lost soul - I won't say anymore" She has repetitiously gone over this argument within herself many, many times, and she is tired of fighting. Now she just will be quiet, and not say anything else.
SORRY FOR SUCHA LONG POST, BUT CHAN MARSHALL DOES PACK ALOT OF MEANING IN HER SONGS......... VIVA LA CATPOWER: WE LOVE YOU...