| The Decemberists – The Queen's Rebuke/The Crossing Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I think TheRealCJ has a few good points, I must disagree with a few... I aagree that the Queen is rather ambiguous as to her form, but I believe that she must have at least some corporeal form (a la the ability for William, and later the Rake, to communicate with in Repaid and The Crossing. If one also looks at the title the Queen's Approach she must have some form rather than the forest, "Mother I can hear your foot fall now, soft disturbance in the dead fall how." The beginnings to the Queen's Rebuke seem to be boasting to me, she is claiming her power, how strong she is. At least, to me. At least, that's what it seems to be saying for me. It is hard to believe that William was never a human child, given the lines in The Queen's Rebuke. She found him 'entombed in a cradle of clay' and 'swore to save [him] from the world of men.' She states pretty clearly that she found him, not created him, or bore him. She gave him life, as William is pretty clear in stating during The Wanting Comes in Wave/Repaid. The Queen also claims to have found him abandoned, which to me suggests that he once belonged to a person (parents). In the Hazards of Love part 1, and then A Bower Scene it seems pretty clear that Margaret is simply a human girl from a sort of nunnery or school, perhaps. I took the line 'a forest's son, a river's daughter' as to be a question of the child's sex, rather than saying she is in fact the River's daughter. Of course, I could be wrong, as Annan Water seems to be quite clearly seperated from the forest, since the Queen seems to have little power over it. The Rake abducted Margaret, and the Queen made a deal with him, giving him permission to do whatever he wanted to her, 'to render her rift and defiled.' Pretty cold, honestly. However, the Queen didn't believe William would make his own deal with Annan Water, saying that the River could kill him as long as he was allowed to rescue his true love. Anyway, just don't agree with a couple of the things discussed. I think it's possible that Isiaah is William, given that the Queen found a child entombed and abandoned in a cradle of clay, possibly suggesting an Urn. It would be more clear if it were clearly William's voice playing Isiaah at that point. Anyway, just my thoughts. |
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