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Caroline, you're angry because you sleep like a spinster and you're twenty-eight
You've been thinking late you couldn't catch a cold
Bend your head double in the goose-down, piling all the pillows high
Heave your fiercest sigh and see if that'll work
And the raincoat that you wore when it rained today
And the raincoat that you wore when it rained today
I think it only made it rain more
I think it only made it rain the more
And if the water's all wicking up your pant-leg, better wear your britches tight
I should teach you right to be so down at heel
Going off half-cocked, not shot full of arrows from the cherubim
Oh, the nerve of them to not draw their bows
And the raincoat that you wore when it rained today
And the raincoat that you wore when it rained today
I think it only made it rain more
I think it only made it rain the more
You've been thinking late you couldn't catch a cold
Bend your head double in the goose-down, piling all the pillows high
Heave your fiercest sigh and see if that'll work
And the raincoat that you wore when it rained today
And the raincoat that you wore when it rained today
I think it only made it rain more
I think it only made it rain the more
And if the water's all wicking up your pant-leg, better wear your britches tight
I should teach you right to be so down at heel
Going off half-cocked, not shot full of arrows from the cherubim
Oh, the nerve of them to not draw their bows
And the raincoat that you wore when it rained today
And the raincoat that you wore when it rained today
I think it only made it rain more
I think it only made it rain the more
Lyrics submitted by jxnarcoticz, edited by Mellow_Harsher
Track duration: 02:20
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I like the double-entendre with "half-cocked". It can refer to a gun that can't fire properly, echoing the Cupid's arrows that aren't hitting her, or another sort of gun that only gets halfway there before he realizes the girl is a disappointment.
Caroline you’re angry
‘Cause you sleep like a spinster
And you’re twenty-eight
You been thinking late
You couldn’t catch a cold
Bend your head double
In the goose-down
Piling all the pillows high
Heave your fiercest sigh
See if that’ll work
And the raincoat that you wore when it rained today
And the raincoat that you wore when it rained today
I think it only made it rain more
I think it only made it rain the more
If the water’s all wicking up your pant-leg
Better wear your britches tight
That should serve you right ['Serve' is replaced by 'teach' in the version that I have]
To be so down at heel
Going off half-cocked
Not shot full of arrows from the cherubim
Oh the nerve of them
To not draw their bows
Chorus
Corrections aside, one of the most beautiful and truthful songs I've heard in recent memory. I'm hoping desperately that they'll play it at the Nov. 19th show in London.
Again: AH, cherubim! That is what it was. I couldn't for the life of me figure that one out.
I'll spew what i feel the song means when it's not way too late in the night/early in the morning.
But this song is really about what that does to her. She's angry and frustrated and down (that is her "rain") but she hides it and runs away from it - stays inside with her fluffy pillows where she's comfortable, doing nothing more than "heaving her fiercest sigh" as if that would make a difference. And when she is in this rain -- her gloom, her defeated state -- she just puts on a raincoat and tries to protect herself and stay comfortable, and ironically all that brings is more rain. And when the rain comes up she'll "wear her britches tight", and you can imagine what that means metaphorically. Think where the phrase "loosen your britches" comes from, or "loosen up" even. It's the opposite.
It's a wonderful little metaphor. It's about getting into a rut, and the vicious cycles that keep us there. I love how Meloy makes it so personal, yet, subtle, with the speaker telling this story, and talking directly to her in first person - "I should teach you right" - it's quite a beautiful song with tons of weight to it. And the moral, of course, is that we shouldn't try too hard to protect ourselves from the sorrows of the world as that just makes more sorrow. Ironically, it's not like rain - we can control it. We can't expect good fortune to come to us without trying, we have to quit moping around, quit worrying, get out into the world and make things happen for ourselves! A wonderful sentiment.
Does anyone have any idea why this song isn't on iTunes yet? I really want to get it, but I'm a poor college student who is too cheap to acutally purchase the album...haha.
I'm sure we all have our differing opinions over the criteria for Colin's finest. This certainly isn't "Dracula's Daughter," so we'll play it cool here.