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| The Decemberists – The Bagman's Gambit Lyrics
| 9 years ago
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So, many people seem to be confused about this song, especially the "10 o'clock" part. He is watching the 10 o'clock news, which is airing a story about a plainclothes policeman who was shot on the steps of the capitol, and they flash a picture of his lover, who has been interrogated and beaten badly. |
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| The Decemberists – We Both Go Down Together Lyrics
| 9 years ago
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This song is about a wealthy young man who has deluded himself into thinking he and a poor girl, Miranda, are in love, when in actuality, she does not love him back. He abducts her and takes her to a field, and then he rapes her. (A dirty daughter from the labour cans, I laid you down on the grass of a clearing, You wept but your soul was willing) He then takes her up to his veranda, which is implied to be above a deep body of water, and forces her to jump to her death with him in a dual suicide. |
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