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The mighty continents divided
For a second time in all history
They found themselves just floating
Free from all responsibility
Without the weight of being whole
Some fruits evolved all on their own
But if you want something back
All the things that got cracked
When I felt like you lied to me
And all the million mistakes
And the kicks in the face
But i don't want you to die in me
So when you say what you want
That you need what you got
Don't forget to be kind to me
Now here's an apple with a tougher skin
While you've got your pretty scales and fins you say
See all the things that i can do
So perfectly my body moves but in
All the time you felt so free
Did you forget how much you once loved me
And if you want something back
All the things that got cracked
When I felt like you lied to me
And all the million mistakes
And the kicks in the face
But i don't want you to die in me
So when you say what you want
That you need what you got
Don't forget to be kind to me
I don't want you to die in me
For a second time in all history
They found themselves just floating
Free from all responsibility
Without the weight of being whole
Some fruits evolved all on their own
But if you want something back
All the things that got cracked
When I felt like you lied to me
And all the million mistakes
And the kicks in the face
But i don't want you to die in me
So when you say what you want
That you need what you got
Don't forget to be kind to me
Now here's an apple with a tougher skin
While you've got your pretty scales and fins you say
See all the things that i can do
So perfectly my body moves but in
All the time you felt so free
Did you forget how much you once loved me
And if you want something back
All the things that got cracked
When I felt like you lied to me
And all the million mistakes
And the kicks in the face
But i don't want you to die in me
So when you say what you want
That you need what you got
Don't forget to be kind to me
I don't want you to die in me
Lyrics submitted by angelofthesilence
Track duration: 03:47
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On the album it is track for, following 2 & 3 ("Jerusalem" and "The Light"), which also have Biblical themes.
The song is the Woman recalling a conversation she had with the Serpent, upon her receiving the garment ("an apple with a tougher skin") from God in Genesis 3:21. Because of the ironic end of the sentence, the occasion is presumably seeing a serpent her husband has killed some time later.
The only words in the songs which are the Woman's are
"Now here's an apple with a tougher skin
While you've got your pretty scales and fins you say"
Everything else is her quoting the Serpent.
The first lines set the scene, and so refer to events in Genesis 1 and 2
"The mighty continents divided | for a second time in all history"
refers to the separation of man from woman (Genesis 2:22). The first division, that of Satan from God, occurs before the creation of the world.
The theme is alienation and loneliness, and (in the Serpent's case) bitterness.
The "fruits that evolved on their own" is a reference to Genesis 3:2-3
"The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’” "
The refrain, I don't want you to die in me, comes from the Serpent's argument that knowledge is the true eternal life
“You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”"
The Serpent recalls the time when he was friendly to the woman
"Did you forget how much you once loved me...
When I felt like you lied to me"
When God confronts the Woman, she immediately blames the serpent. Whatever sympathy she had for him evaporated when her hide was on the lines.
The "kicks in the face" refers to later in the same chapter:
“You will crawl on your belly...
And I will put enmity between you and the woman...
he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”"
I love that line. But isn't it self-contradictory? How could a fruit evolve by itself? There's no competition, so it's just by itself, why would it ever need to change?
"The mighty continents divided
For a second time in all history
They found themselves just floating
Free from all responsibility
Without the weight of being whole
Some fruits evolved all on their own"
I think this means that her and her love split up, or divided. They were so in love that they had become "the mighty continent". They were the most combined force in history. Then they floated free without the weight of being whole, meaning they seperated and just kind of drifted for a while. The last line of this stanza, I think means, She was alone and had to adapt to a new way of life.
"While you've got your pretty scales and fins you say
See all the things that i can do
So perfectly my body moves but in
All the time you felt so free
Did you forget how much you once loved me"
So here obviously he has taken well to "single" life and he flaunts how much better he's doing now. She's hurt by this and asks if he forgets that he ever loved her.
This song has a lot of meaning and deep metaphors. I love the feeling of desperate heart break in the song, and the way that even though he's left and flaunts it; she still never wants to forget him. I can relate in more ways than I orriginaly knew.
The Earth like God divided (the second divide, it is the "second time in all history") and then like God, its parts began to grow and change. (Some fruits evolved all on their own). The division caused freedom in some ways and causes something to be lost/discord in others. ("without the weight of being whole" and "but if you want something back").
God lost trust in an aspect of his creation when Eve ate from the apple of knowledge which had been forbidden ("when i felt like you lied to me." and "now heres an apple with a tougher skin"). This is a disloyalty to God but ultimately he is looking for kindness. ("dont forget to be kind to me")
The second verse seems to be the snake/the devil in disguise from the Bible, tempting Eve, speaking to her, showing off his scales and displaying all the things he can now do, supposedly because of the fruit he ate. God told Adam and Eve they would die if they ate the fruit but they do and he doesn't want them to die. However the beautiful paradise got cracked and split apart due to this action (divide 3?)
There are also clear references to evolution and change. An "apple with a tougher skin" and "your pretty scales and fins" are references to evolutionary change and differences that have occured through evolution. This can also be considered with the reference to drifiting apart, as people evolve separately when they are no longer together.
It seems a lot of people tend to associate with this song personally. From my perspective the lines "Don't forget to be kind to me / I don't want you to die in me" are saying that she still has feelings for the other person inside of her, and she doesn't want to lose those feelings of affection, but it requires the other person to be kind and not destroy the feeling.
in the second verse where she says there is an apple with a tougher skin, that is the new her who is going to be protective this time.
and i think when she says "all the times you felt so free did you forget how much you once loved me" refers to when they were apart, the other person acted like he was fine and didnt feel anything for her anymore.
while you may have looked a little too deeply into it, everything you said does make sense.
I like the line "Some fruits evolved all on their own". Nice reference, along with continent dividing (pangea), to evolutionary biology! I don't think this conveys her "growing stronger", but instead forming new parts her her life that are worthwhile and separate from that old relationship.
Other than that, I think dasrite got it :)