| The Weakerthans – Without Mythologies Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| I've loved this song for years, but just recently took a look at the lyrics. I was a bit surprised. I may be reading it wrong, but it seems to me this is a song sung to loved one who has passed away. He sings of lying on concrete, pressing his shoulder to the wall between them. She said she wanted to be the trees, which takes on much more meaning if she's buried at their roots. And there's the bit about dying with her, and the image of her in his mind, which will never move again. Giving up on the wall between them--is the man singing the song giving up on life to join his loved one beneath the ground? | |
| Death Cab for Cutie – I Will Follow You Into the Dark Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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The catholic school bit-- on the surface, he's just telling a story about his youth. He's saying he went to a catholic school that was very strict (i.e., roman rule) The nuns (ladies in black) used to hit him on the knuckle with a ruler (bruised knuckles). One of those nuns told him that fear is the heart of love (christianity teaches christians are to fear god, and from that fear comes love for him). Ben rejects this, but doesn't respond (biting his tongue) and leaves the school (never went back)--or, in a wider interpretation, leaves the faith altogether. It seems like this verse is included to explain why he doesn't particularly care for either heaven or hell, instead just seeing the afterlife as a darkness. |
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