Lyrics for Hurdles Even Here as interpreted by constant

Hurdles Even Here Lyrics
So it started in your ovaries
A stone, a seedling
Our bones entwined
A warning from the orderlies
A bulge for bleeding
This will take it's time

So it all ran down the telephone
And saw me clearly
Only nine years old
Calmly cast in styrofoam
In my Tony Lamas
When the shock takes hold

Mom, there are hurdles here
That I cannot seem to clear
Dad, there are demons around
And though I said that I
Said I’d be all right, I lied
I lied
I lied
I lied

So fix your brood and belly now
Get your fingers wringing
Get your loins unstained
It’ll eat you from the inside out
Until it comes out screaming
Until it all falls away

Dad, there are hurdles here
That I cannot seem to clear
Mom, there are demons around
And though I said that I
Said I’d be all right, I lied
I lied
I lied
I lied

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WriterOfFictions
01-15-2007

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This song is great, wish it was released on the album...

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Cynothoglys
01-23-2007

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Sounds more like a demo than a complete song to me, to be honest, musically and lyrically. Probably from the "absinthe binge" session. Ambiguous, somewhat disturbed.

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parkerjm
03-09-2007

Rated +1 
It starts out with him being in his mother's womb "started in your ovaries" "our bones entwined". It then seems that the child loses his parents at the age of 9 (the imagery of standing the tony lama cowboy boots enforces the idea of a young child dressed like a cowboy) and, even has he grew up, was unable to get over it, and so appeals to his dead parents, saying that even though he said he would be alright, he lied, and that he isn't alright, even though it's many years later. Sad song.

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Arrian
04-03-2007

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this song is pure Colin Meloy brilliance. much more rooted in the present day, and thus I think much more disturbing. Decemberists should go in this direction on the next album!

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Dni
12-16-2007

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yeah, its definately from the absinthe binge session. I'm pretty sure its about ovarian cancer.

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Dni
12-16-2007

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yeah, its definately from the absinthe binge session. I'm pretty sure its about ovarian cancer.

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