| Brandi Carlile – Again Today Lyrics | 4 years ago |
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What if we think of there being two "narrators" in this song? The intro verse uses the word "you" several times. So this person is reaching out, or wishing they could reach out, to the other, who is broken down and depressed. It is a whispered prayer... "if I could just pick up the phone." The rest of the song is in the voice of the depressed person. They are stuck in their fear, their sadness, their sense of being abandoned (who's gonna break my fall). They never use the word "you." The poetics of this are brilliant, and capture the essence of someone whose depression allows them to be done-in by the path of least resistance. The pain is evident in the words and in Brandi's incomparable voice. If these two people are former lovers, it shows the lasting impacts of love lost as they try to navigate their grief. |
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| The Avett Brothers – I Wish I Was Lyrics | 4 years ago |
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To me, this song is about a man, in love with a woman who has Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). She can not abide in a relationship with someone who loves her. Love freaks her out and causes the magic to fade and she pushes away. The overwhelming feeling that one gets when dealing with someone suffering from BPD is being at a loss for what to do. It seems that the more you try, the harder they push back. So, this in-love man, fantasizes about being the mundane and non-triggering things in his woman's life. A candle, a tune sung in the kitchen, a sweater. So that he can be intimate with her, but not cause the big drama freak out that BPD will inevitably bring on. In the end, he has to write her a letter, presumably from a safe distance. Confessing his fantasies and then naming them as such... "I am not a sweater." In the end, he apologizes for loving her. He knows how hard it is for her to accept that love. She can't take it. She cant keep it. She cant believe it. And it causes her deep pain to have driven away this thing she cares so much about. |
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