This is one of the most heartbreakingly beautiful songs that I every heard. My favorite line is "Oh but she loves Like sleep to the freezing". As typical in an abusive relationship the abuser often feels guilty and attempts some kind of misguided redemption. The victim is typically grateful. This victim recognizes his abuser's remorse and that she offers him a type of relief, just not exactly the right kind. In this metaphor someone who is shivering cold is given a bed rather than blankets or a warm fire.
Sleep to the freezing means death. Freezing to death usually means that you drift off to an icy sleep. A terrible end, but it's relief in a sense because you aren't freezing anymore. Her love is still a relief to him, "sweet, and right and merciful" but is still a terrible reality.
This song is really sad since he is the one being abused. :(
She throws with the arm of her brother implies that she's hitting him pretty hard, but then later she feels remorseful over the wounds she caused him, when he says, "It looks ugly, but it's clean, Oh...
Sleep to the freezing means death. Freezing to death usually means that you drift off to an icy sleep. A terrible end, but it's relief in a sense because you aren't freezing anymore. Her love is still a relief to him, "sweet, and right and merciful" but is still a terrible reality.
This song is really sad since he is the one being abused. :(
She throws with the arm of her brother implies that she's hitting him pretty hard, but then later she feels remorseful over the wounds she caused him, when he says, "It looks ugly, but it's clean, Oh momma, don't fuss over me" - he's trying to play it off like it's no big deal.
This is one of the most heartbreakingly beautiful songs that I every heard. My favorite line is "Oh but she loves Like sleep to the freezing". As typical in an abusive relationship the abuser often feels guilty and attempts some kind of misguided redemption. The victim is typically grateful. This victim recognizes his abuser's remorse and that she offers him a type of relief, just not exactly the right kind. In this metaphor someone who is shivering cold is given a bed rather than blankets or a warm fire.
Sleep to the freezing means death. Freezing to death usually means that you drift off to an icy sleep. A terrible end, but it's relief in a sense because you aren't freezing anymore. Her love is still a relief to him, "sweet, and right and merciful" but is still a terrible reality. This song is really sad since he is the one being abused. :( She throws with the arm of her brother implies that she's hitting him pretty hard, but then later she feels remorseful over the wounds she caused him, when he says, "It looks ugly, but it's clean, Oh...
Sleep to the freezing means death. Freezing to death usually means that you drift off to an icy sleep. A terrible end, but it's relief in a sense because you aren't freezing anymore. Her love is still a relief to him, "sweet, and right and merciful" but is still a terrible reality. This song is really sad since he is the one being abused. :( She throws with the arm of her brother implies that she's hitting him pretty hard, but then later she feels remorseful over the wounds she caused him, when he says, "It looks ugly, but it's clean, Oh momma, don't fuss over me" - he's trying to play it off like it's no big deal.