Nice interpretation, bambinoir! LOVE the verse that begins "In the name of..." But I think you did it justice, so I won't interpret that particular lyric.
Lana is quite good with symbolic hooks. The song isn't called "Breakup Blues." It's "Pawn Shop Blues." She is, essentially, equating a breakup with trading in precious possessions to get by. It sheds entirely new light on the topic, revealing a whole new perspective on the end - or "death," as I prefer to call it - of a relationship.
Once you have reached that lonely, but tranquil point of acceptance, you finally have the strength to let "nice things go." The golden earrings she pawns symbolize the memories she is letting go - perhaps the very sign of final acceptance. To release those memories is to deny the sacredness of the dead relationship. In a manner of speaking, to end one's mourning over their dead relationship. She pawns the earrings to get by monetarily; pawns the memories to get by emotionally.
"I can do this once more...No man can keep me together...Been broken since I was born." So beautiful, it shatters my soul with every listen. Here, Lana realizes life's harshest truth: People are not going to make you happy. YOU are going to make you happy. She realizes she could go through this again and again - and emerge from her mourning alive each time. No man broke her; the harsh consequences of human existence broke her.
Amen. People make themselves happy...when they are honest with themselves. Until then, they live in mere dreams while the rest of the world lives life fully. "No man broke her." She broke herself perhaps? She caved in because of fear and difficulty and settling? Hmmmmmm
Amen. People make themselves happy...when they are honest with themselves. Until then, they live in mere dreams while the rest of the world lives life fully. "No man broke her." She broke herself perhaps? She caved in because of fear and difficulty and settling? Hmmmmmm
Nice interpretation, bambinoir! LOVE the verse that begins "In the name of..." But I think you did it justice, so I won't interpret that particular lyric.
Lana is quite good with symbolic hooks. The song isn't called "Breakup Blues." It's "Pawn Shop Blues." She is, essentially, equating a breakup with trading in precious possessions to get by. It sheds entirely new light on the topic, revealing a whole new perspective on the end - or "death," as I prefer to call it - of a relationship.
Once you have reached that lonely, but tranquil point of acceptance, you finally have the strength to let "nice things go." The golden earrings she pawns symbolize the memories she is letting go - perhaps the very sign of final acceptance. To release those memories is to deny the sacredness of the dead relationship. In a manner of speaking, to end one's mourning over their dead relationship. She pawns the earrings to get by monetarily; pawns the memories to get by emotionally.
"I can do this once more...No man can keep me together...Been broken since I was born." So beautiful, it shatters my soul with every listen. Here, Lana realizes life's harshest truth: People are not going to make you happy. YOU are going to make you happy. She realizes she could go through this again and again - and emerge from her mourning alive each time. No man broke her; the harsh consequences of human existence broke her.
Amen. People make themselves happy...when they are honest with themselves. Until then, they live in mere dreams while the rest of the world lives life fully. "No man broke her." She broke herself perhaps? She caved in because of fear and difficulty and settling? Hmmmmmm
Amen. People make themselves happy...when they are honest with themselves. Until then, they live in mere dreams while the rest of the world lives life fully. "No man broke her." She broke herself perhaps? She caved in because of fear and difficulty and settling? Hmmmmmm