Some things I wanted to say about this song.
There's a fox next to the road, covered in oil and it made a oily trail in the snow to get there.
The fox attempts to cross to the "median" or the middle of the road.
(Banshee - dictionary definition: (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death)
So the fox experiences a near-death experience, getting hit by a car. "And everything is light and it's noise and I reach the grass" the fox then pulls itself off the road to the grass.
As shane says, there is then a description of the mullered body (excuse my slang lol :D).
"I am as lithe as a vine" lithe is to be floppy or flexible.
as I Whisper up the verge" Silently moves up along the border between the road and the grass.
NOW THIS IS THE DIFFICULT PART :D
"And I am almost up to the shoulders of a horse."
I think the fox pulls itself towards a horse, but it's pulling itself along the ground, it can only see up to the horse's shoulders.
The person on the horse notices the fox and describes it as a "Little Sea Anemone, pool of rocks" Sea anemones are different to coral because they have no skeleton. They have jellyfish like tentacles, so the person looks at the wreck of the fox and describes it as a sea anemone.
"Why'd you see, an enemy I cannot?" the person speaks to the fox, wondering how this happened to it.
"Could there be, a more heavenly artefact? As pure as that?" the person is intrigued by the fox, how beautiful it is to him/her.
Then as shane also says, the fox is taken to a warehouse by the sea. It is basically made into a coat or quilt, or something similar that a family buy to protect themselves from the cold.
Now it's the last lines of lyric that I'm finding very difficult to understand.
"I can not imagine the things they did to you.
I cannot imagine the way it feels for you.
I can feel the gravity rushing into me.
I am but a hole in the fabric of the scene.
I was but a drop in the ocean all along."
Who is speaking? Is it the fox still? If so does it feel sorry for itself?
Maybe the fox sees other dead animals in the factory and realises that it's not the only animal that is killed and used for it's fabric. That's why it says, "I am but a hole in the fabric of the scene." and "I was but a drop in the ocean all along." He realises that there are many animals who like him are used for their fur.
That's what I've got on this song. So well written I must say, very interesting.
@SoftMint Great interpretation, though I always thought the line ‘almost up to the shoulders of a horse’ was referring to the fox being at the height of a horses shoulders metaphorically, as it is travelling through the air towards the grass after being hit by the car, and that the fox sadly does end up dying as signified by the banshee
@SoftMint Great interpretation, though I always thought the line ‘almost up to the shoulders of a horse’ was referring to the fox being at the height of a horses shoulders metaphorically, as it is travelling through the air towards the grass after being hit by the car, and that the fox sadly does end up dying as signified by the banshee
Some things I wanted to say about this song. There's a fox next to the road, covered in oil and it made a oily trail in the snow to get there.
The fox attempts to cross to the "median" or the middle of the road. (Banshee - dictionary definition: (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death) So the fox experiences a near-death experience, getting hit by a car. "And everything is light and it's noise and I reach the grass" the fox then pulls itself off the road to the grass.
As shane says, there is then a description of the mullered body (excuse my slang lol :D). "I am as lithe as a vine" lithe is to be floppy or flexible. as I Whisper up the verge" Silently moves up along the border between the road and the grass.
NOW THIS IS THE DIFFICULT PART :D "And I am almost up to the shoulders of a horse." I think the fox pulls itself towards a horse, but it's pulling itself along the ground, it can only see up to the horse's shoulders.
The person on the horse notices the fox and describes it as a "Little Sea Anemone, pool of rocks" Sea anemones are different to coral because they have no skeleton. They have jellyfish like tentacles, so the person looks at the wreck of the fox and describes it as a sea anemone.
"Why'd you see, an enemy I cannot?" the person speaks to the fox, wondering how this happened to it. "Could there be, a more heavenly artefact? As pure as that?" the person is intrigued by the fox, how beautiful it is to him/her.
Then as shane also says, the fox is taken to a warehouse by the sea. It is basically made into a coat or quilt, or something similar that a family buy to protect themselves from the cold.
Now it's the last lines of lyric that I'm finding very difficult to understand.
"I can not imagine the things they did to you. I cannot imagine the way it feels for you. I can feel the gravity rushing into me. I am but a hole in the fabric of the scene. I was but a drop in the ocean all along."
Who is speaking? Is it the fox still? If so does it feel sorry for itself? Maybe the fox sees other dead animals in the factory and realises that it's not the only animal that is killed and used for it's fabric. That's why it says, "I am but a hole in the fabric of the scene." and "I was but a drop in the ocean all along." He realises that there are many animals who like him are used for their fur.
That's what I've got on this song. So well written I must say, very interesting.
-softmint
@SoftMint This is awesome
@SoftMint This is awesome
@SoftMint Great interpretation, though I always thought the line ‘almost up to the shoulders of a horse’ was referring to the fox being at the height of a horses shoulders metaphorically, as it is travelling through the air towards the grass after being hit by the car, and that the fox sadly does end up dying as signified by the banshee
@SoftMint Great interpretation, though I always thought the line ‘almost up to the shoulders of a horse’ was referring to the fox being at the height of a horses shoulders metaphorically, as it is travelling through the air towards the grass after being hit by the car, and that the fox sadly does end up dying as signified by the banshee