Beth/Rest Lyrics

Lyric discussion by polgfred 

Cover art for Beth/Rest lyrics by Bon Iver

"Heavy mitted love"

One of the best lines in the song. You use a mitt to touch or hold something without getting burned. At first I thought maybe this was about a love that had grown safe. But then I wondered, perhaps real love is so precious that we need to handle it carefully in order to make it last. I suppose reality, as always, is somewhere in between.

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