this song could just as easily be narrated by joanna herself. it's incredibly beautiful, although I think that, as one of the more understated songs on the album, it will tend to go unnoticed on the first few listens. once the song sets in and you really begin to appreciate it, however, it is incredibly haunting and lovely.
i'm going to stick with the interpretation of the album as one whole story, and assume that it's the same narrator telling this one, and not joanna. her description of her hometown shows that she perceives it as both a dismal ghost-town and strangely beautiful at once. she reminisces about her relationship: “would I could tie your lying tongue...”
this is also one of two songs in the album in which the narrator stresses how unlike her mother she is. perhaps this is why being home makes her uncomfortable. as seen in “ribbon bows”, her mother does not approve of her and her life choices.
this song could just as easily be narrated by joanna herself. it's incredibly beautiful, although I think that, as one of the more understated songs on the album, it will tend to go unnoticed on the first few listens. once the song sets in and you really begin to appreciate it, however, it is incredibly haunting and lovely.
i'm going to stick with the interpretation of the album as one whole story, and assume that it's the same narrator telling this one, and not joanna. her description of her hometown shows that she perceives it as both a dismal ghost-town and strangely beautiful at once. she reminisces about her relationship: “would I could tie your lying tongue...”
this is also one of two songs in the album in which the narrator stresses how unlike her mother she is. perhaps this is why being home makes her uncomfortable. as seen in “ribbon bows”, her mother does not approve of her and her life choices.