| Sun Kil Moon – Glenn Tipton Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I really doubt Sun Kil Moon is telling a story about a murderer. Look at the arc of Mark's writing, and you see his references to metaphorical death (Carry Me Ohio being the prime example). And song is the same. The first stanzas refer to the death of his fond memories of his father ("man how things change"). Then he writes about the death of Eleanor, and how that has killed that wondrous place as well ("place ain't the same no more). Finally, the last stanzas. It sounds as if HE killed the relationship, probably by looking through "her bedroom and the pockets of her jeans." Perhaps he discovered infidelity. Or perhaps his girlfriend's true feelings. But whatever was in those letters, it killed that innocent part of him, perhaps the one that believed in love. But it seems a stretch that a band as peaces (and morbidly life-affirming in so many other songs) would write literally about a killer -- particularly when those two paragraphs would be a striking departure from virtually everything else they've ever written. |
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| Sun Kil Moon – Carry Me Ohio Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I'm not sure this song is about death literally, as it is about the death of a relationship -- and his home. Neither the place he once knew personally or geographically is still there. If his girlfriend really were dying, would he apologize for not loving her back, for not caring enough in "these last days?" It seems more like a reference to a relationship that is dead that he just can't revive, because the love has gone. And the town he once knew, that seemed so heaven-like, obviously has withered. Obviously, the town is still there. It's simply not what it once was -- just like that old flame. Still, it it heartache personified. It would be hard to find a more haunting song. |
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| Powderfinger – My Happiness Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Ok, I've dissected these lyrics for a while now, and the one term that throws me off is when he says that it "starts sinking in" when she leaves. That's a term that refers to truth. Only the truth, or reality, sinks in. So I think he knows, obviously, he's happy when she's there. But he considers breaking up when she's gone, because it's "sinking in" when she's gone that they are either incompatible, he's too needy, unfaithful, whatever. Hence the line "How can I do this to you right now," implying he had planned to break up with her. But in her presence, faced with that immediate joy, he's unable to. Just my two cents. |
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