| M. Ward – Chinese Translation Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I think the answers are simply...there are no answers at all. By giving no answer, the man under the tree is saying that there are no solution. You are suffering because you are bothering yourself with those question, thus the answer is to forget all your pain and enjoy your life. "my time is brief" If I am not wrong, that is a belief that people believe in in Buddhism. I believe this song has Buddhism reference, because of the image of a difficult pilgrim that the men goes through and how they always end up satisfied with their questions under a tree. Buddha also went through a long and difficult pilgrim and later get enlightened under a tree, he then delicated himself into aiding mankind by giving out sermons and answering questions. |
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| Joanna Newsom – The Book of Right-On Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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In my interpretation, the lyric of "Even when you touch my face"/"You know your place" is correct. It shows how intimate the relationship is and the determination of her superiority. "The book of right-on" could also very well be the bible. It represent a foreshadow she has, or the one she is in love with, as soothing words to win the lover's heart. When she says "And you say that you do pray, and you say that you're ok", she's telling how she's rejected in the relationship, as it refers to how she told her lover to "Pray that what you lack does not distract". The whole song basically tells the story of a female with a superiority complex facing rejection in love. She proves that she is powerful by saying "I killed my dinner with karate / Kick 'em in the face, taste the body / Shallow work is the work that I do" and later tries to persuade the lover to "sit on my table", saying "My fighting fame is fabled / And fortune finds me fit and able" When she is rejected, she shows her true face, she is not civilised as she said before. The "sitting on my table" part is changed with "run with my pack / ride on my back" showing the bestial side of her, the last line of "Pray that what you lack does not distract" mocks how the lover said he prays, showing her anger. She then says that she is too good for him, telling him to "stick with your kind". Again, she is rejected, and she insist on acting as the superior one, saying "even if you touch my face, you know your lace". But the way she sings it is much less cocky and sounds more like she's regretting it showing her lover the bestial side of her. The song ends with the same stanza that it started with, saying "You were right, I am sorry, let's shed some light on our relationship" in a cocky way. At least that's what it means to me. JN is singing about the stubbornness and ego of people in love and how it makes them suffer, however still refuse to admit that they are wrong. |
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| Joanna Newsom – The Book of Right-On Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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In my interpretation, the lyric of "Even when you touch my face"/"You know your place" is correct. It shows how intimate the relationship is and the determination of her superiority. "The book of right-on" could also very well be the bible. It represent a foreshadow she has, or the one she is in love with, as soothing words to win the lover's heart. When she says "And you say that you do pray, and you say that you're ok", she's telling how she's rejected in the relationship, as it refers to how she told her lover to "Pray that what you lack does not distract". The whole song basically tells the story of a female with a superiority complex facing rejection in love. She proves that she is powerful by saying "I killed my dinner with karate / Kick 'em in the face, taste the body / Shallow work is the work that I do" and later tries to persuade the lover to "sit on my table", saying "My fighting fame is fabled / And fortune finds me fit and able" When she is rejected, she shows her true face, she is not civilised as she said before. The "sitting on my table" part is changed with "run with my pack / ride on my back" showing the bestial side of her, the last line of "Pray that what you lack does not distract" mocks how the lover said he prays, showing her anger. She then says that she is too good for him, telling him to "stick with your kind". Again, she is rejected, and she insist on acting as the superior one, saying "even if you touch my face, you know your lace". But the way she sings it is much less cocky and sounds more like she's regretting it showing her lover the bestial side of her. The song ends with the same stanza that it started with, saying "You were right, I am sorry, let's shed some light on our relationship" in a cocky way. At least that's what it means to me. JN is singing about the stubbornness and ego of people in love and how it makes them suffer, however still refuse to admit that they are wrong. |
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