| Sufjan Stevens – The Seer's Tower Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| @[musicforlife:131]! It is. "Seer's Tower" is a pun. | |
| Sufjan Stevens – The Seer's Tower Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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@[sarcasticSmith:130] It's literal. Sufjan Steven's mother abandoned their family when he was young, and he was raised by his father and stepmother. The songs Romulus and Decatur cover this in more detail. |
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| The Decemberists – I Was Meant for the Stage Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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This song is a suicide note. After either failing to find success as a performer, or being unable to even try to follow his passion, the narrator decides to end it all. He tells his mother to be proud of his accomplishments, and asks his father to forgive him for ending his own life. The last several minutes of the song are the narrator's violent death, probably from pills, poison, or a noose. Just before he dies, his friends or relatives rush in, and see him convulsing. Then, it all fades away. |
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| The Decemberists – Burying Davy Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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This song really reminds me of Rox in the Box, from the King is Dead, but this is clearly set in Britain. (No American would call a hat a "ten-pint bowler"). In some nondescript, working class, likely rural area, a logger named Davy has died. His friends, working as a cohesive group, are putting on his funeral. Their lack of emotion implies that they've done this before. Davy's mother doesn't cry at the funeral, and during the ceremony his brother gets upset and becomes rowdy. The whole song reeks of coldness, poverty, and alcoholism. I love it. |
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