Lyrics for Blue Ridge Mountains as interpreted by obnoxious

Blue Ridge Mountains Lyrics
Lie down with me my dear
Lie down
Under stormy night, tell nobody

My brother, where do you intend to go tonight?
I heard that you missed your connecting flight
To the Blue Ridge Mountains, over near Tennessee

You're ever welcome with me any time you like
Let's drive to the countryside, leave behind some green-eyed look-a-likes
So no one gets worried, no
So no one gets worried, no

But Sean, don't get careless
I'm sure it'll be fine
I love you, I love you
Oh brother of mine

In the quivering forest
Where the shivering dog rests
Our good grandfather
Built a wooden nest
And the river got frozen
And the home got snowed in
And the yellow moon glowed bright
Till the morning light

Terrible am I child?
Even if you don't mind

In the quivering forest
Where the shivering dog rests
Our good grandfather
Built a wooden nest
And the river got frozen
And the home got snowed in
And the yellow moon glowed bright
Till the morning light

Terrible am I child?
Even if you don't mind
No

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chickenflicker
05-05-2008

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I think it might be "Brother Sean don't get careless," or "brother sean don't get callous," but that's just a guess.

Love this song...love pretty much every Fleet Foxes song.

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hamfoh
06-07-2008

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great song, great album

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drufus
06-08-2008

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Im listening to this song for the first time. its sweet. havn't tried to analyze it yet. it sounds alot more like the ep than some of the other songs. the album is most magnificent. i think this an tiger mountain peasant song are my favorites.

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samuelhgarfield
06-12-2008

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To me, Robin seems to be saying something like, "It's alright, friend, it will all be fine; in the scheme of things, in the passage of time, you will see that what missing your flight is a mere trifle."

I do believe Robin's lyrics are influenced by Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet.

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musikphile
07-24-2008

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I think the following lines:

"And the hole got snowed in,
And near the moon glow ride"

should be:

"And the home got snowed in,
And yellow moon glowed bright"

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musikphile
07-24-2008

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I think the song is about a man plying his slightly reluctant lover with drugs/alcohol and taking him out to the woods to make love to him.

Afterwards, he feels guilty due to old social norms and decides to close his heart off from such feelings again.

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troyvelius
08-05-2008

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I am pretty sure the lyrics here are wrong.

It shouldn't be:
In the quivering forest,
Where the shivering dog rests,
I will do it grandfather,
Wilt to wood and end.

I think it should be "where the shivering dog went"
and something like "our good grandfather build a wooden (man?)"

I thought for sure they said "built," and I just watched them play this on letterman and sure enough you can see them form a "b" sound.

It seems to me he's talking to his brother about somewhere they were together as children, so I don't think it makes sense for him to talk to his grandfather.

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troyvelius
08-05-2008

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oops, I meant "our good grandfather *built a wooden (man?)" This line is really tricky to hear. Anyone have any ideas?

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nathanielc
08-06-2008

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my 2 cents. shivering forest, shivering dog rests....our good grandfather built a wooden nest (forest, rests, nest)
Nest=house (that got snowed in).

One idea is robin's brother sean moved to NYC..could he be callous (not sure) i lived there for 5 years was a little de sensitised i'm sure.

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nathanielc
08-06-2008

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pardon me the forest is quivering not shivering...that's the resting dog

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nathanielc
08-06-2008

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i read that sean lives in nyc on his grandchildren website, i believe.

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patm718
08-07-2008

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yeah, i agree with these changes.

why would you submit lyrics if you don't know them?

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samuelhgarfield
08-09-2008

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The song is addressed to his literal older brother, Sean Pecknold.

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JessicaPC
08-13-2008

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Are you sure the beginning isn't "Lie down with me, my dear. Lie down."
? That's what I've always heard.

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troyvelius
08-17-2008

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ah, I think forest, rests, nest, would make sense. I'm also pretty sure it is lie down. I don't know how you could get light up out of the song...

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joslin01
08-19-2008

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It's "Older brother of mine"!!

Listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gke4USY8EE

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OurQuietPlan
08-22-2008

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I just discovered these guys on last.fm the other day.. and I'm already a huge fan. This is definitely my favorite song of the moment.
I like how personal, yet unspecific and accessible, the lyrics are. He's just talking to his brother and recalling a winter day in their shared past, but for the sake of reminiscing rather than telling any specific story.

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shaneandrews
08-23-2008

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"In the quivering forest
Where the shivering dog rests
Our good grandfather
Built a wooden nest
And the river got frozen
And the home got snowed in
And the yellow moon glowed bright
Till the morning light"

A few of the lines here might have some hidden meaning.

The good grandfather building a nest. Could that be a reference to a tree house or fort? The song is obviously referencing a memory shared by the two brothers. Could it be to this hidden treehouse that their grandfather built for them?

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myoungbride
08-25-2008

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this song is beautiful.
the lyrics most definitely are "Sean don't get callous." Not careless. He is telling him, "Do not care about the flight....i'm sure it'll be fine. don't be callous, or hard-skinned, upset."

Otherwise, the lyrics would say to be careless.

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amyk
08-26-2008

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I really feel it's like these brothers somehow grew apart, maybe conflicts in their childhood growing up. Maybe this song was meant to be an outreach to his brother to maybe remember the good times, forget about what made them callous, and leave behind the bad. An attempt to start new/afresh. Maybe he sees his brother taking the hardships of life and turning cold, and instead wants his brother to not stress about those things and only reflect about the beauty of the forests/river/home being snowed in. That's how I take it, great song.

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myoungbride
08-26-2008

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^ ^ exactly.

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OurQuietPlan
08-27-2008

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If you listen to the live versions, it's clearer that he's saying careless. I feel like they're at a get together with friends and family, and trying to escape without being noticed, thus the "green-eyed look-alikes" and telling his brother not to be careless. He just wants to escape the niceties of a large reunion and reminisce with his dear brother. But I agree that it sounds like they grew apart, somewhat. I think in the end things turned out right, because Sean made the video for White Winter Hymnal.

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andieinnewyork
09-02-2008

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Ok, been bending my ear and my brain to figure this one out. It was on a mix cd that a "friend" gave me. And by friend I mean guilty secret frack buddy. Almost all the songs he has given me (three mix cd's so far) have followed suit. But that aside, I think this song is about a brother judging or not judging another brother. He missed his flight on purpose to go shack up with his secret sweety. It almost sounds like the other brother is leaving his wayward brother a long answering maching message. He knows he's cheated in the past, maybe he things he is up to no good again, But what he is saying he's going to do, is keeping with the manly tradition of saying nothing. He's like, "Bro, we can chill and do something interesting (instead of you tip toeing off not too sneaky). But then why write a song everyone is going to hear about it.? I have no clue. Oooh, maybe he's offering him an alibi? That just dawned on me... Or Maybe they were supposed to meet there... but his flakey bro didn't show... and he knows his brother and his bro is going to ask him to lie for him... eh, who knows.

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djbrownhat
12-09-2008

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Nobody has commented yet on how interesting the beginning in comparison with the rest of the song - ethereal vocals mixed way and in deep harmonies, compared with the rest of the song which is much more up front. I think this is an indication that there is a different voice of some sort speaking here...

My theory is that it's the land itself - the place where this "nest" is, which must be near where Sean was when he missed his flight. We've all had experiences like this; we're on track for somewhere and then something seems to call us in a different direction. Sean has felt or heard this call and now has missed his flight, perhaps intending to return to this place from childhood.

There is also a definite theme of estrangement here, however mild. The snowing-in of the house I take to be both a memory and also rather a description of what has occurred to the place over time. Time has covered this place with forgetfulness, and it's only now being remembered.

I also question whether the line "Terrible am I child" is a statement rather than a question. In other, is it a question or rather an assertion phrased poetically. I think the singer is saying: I am terrible, child, even if you don't mind. This is common when it comes to estrangement, especially between family members; often both people it's somehow their fault that they have drifted apart, even if the other insists that it's alright.

The rise on the word "child" in the music would imply an inflection towards a question, but I think he does that for the sake of the melody and not the meaning, which is why he quickly descends off of that height, to drive the inflection towards into statement rather than letting it reside as fact. Of course, that fits, too, since when we say something like "I am terrible" we usually do it as at least a half-question, begging the other person to tell us that it isn't the case.

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pecknoldbanhart
03-16-2009

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Well I am pretty sure in this area;

"Oh brother of mine."

it is actually;

"Older brother of mine."

I have seen it live and it is older brother.

Other than that it is a wonderful song and absolutely lovely.
Such good vocals and instruments in this.

I love them :D

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