| Neutral Milk Hotel – Two-Headed Boy Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| Great interpretation! I also felt the two-headed boy was an anachronical combination of Peter and Jeff. Besides, Peter himself could be two-headed boy, because Anne had a crush on a different Peter before going into hiding and was "forced" to crush on Peter after hiding (since he was the only boy there anyway). It's also worth mentioning that the song Two-headed boy pt. 2 makes a reference to Anne's usage of the word "cheek" (she had a bit of a cheek fetish when talking about her Peters). | |
| Neutral Milk Hotel – Holland, 1945 Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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The song has clear references to Anne Frank's life and ideals. A more general meaning to the whole song might be the loss of beautiful minds and souls to wars that are based on petty feelings like pride and prejudice. Anne Frank was born with roses in her eyes because she had the eyes to see the beauty in this world, even during the difficult times she lived through. In her own words, "Think of all the beauty that's still left in and around you and be happy!". The last lines of the song ponder at why would people rather have children like this dying ("their faces fill with flies"), rather than living through their innocent, beautiful perspective of the world (white roses in their eyes). Anne wasn't literally buried alive. I think this line is more metaphorical in the sense that she was secluded and left to die in a concentration camp with only Margot at her side. The middle part of the song is less clear to me, but in general I understand that it's about injustice and the loss of youth's innocence and potential in the war. |
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