Fever Ray – If I Had a Heart

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  General Comment:Ok here is my Interpretation of this song... Mind you I am Native American and my interpretation is based on the Video as well.....
  
  This will never end
  'Cause I want more
  More, give me more
  Give me more
  
  This will never end
  Cause I want more
  More, give me more
  Give me more
  
  This reminds me so much or the European conquest of the Americas. The reality is the more we gave them... the more they asked from us.
  
  If I had a heart I could love you
  If I had a voice I would sing
  After the night when I wake up
  I'll see what tomorrow brings
  
  If I had a voice, I would sing
  
  We Cherokee's did everything we could to sue for peace we were peaceful to many of my people the Europeans seemed heartless, cold... and thoughtless about what the future could be if we all lived in peace.
  
  This is how we saw the Europeans...
  
  Dangling feet from window frame
  Will I ever ever reach the floor?
  More, give me more, give me more
  
  They were like children who never grew up.
  
  Crushed and filled with all I found
  Underneath and inside
  Just to come around
  More, give me more, give me more
  
  If I had a voice, I would sing
  
  This was how Europeaners tried to leave us. They wanted us totally dead like ghosts wiped out existence. But we are not dead... we are still here. We are survivors!

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  My Interpretation:It's 2 people: Karin and Death
  
  Death is calling to her, and she's about to jump out of a window.

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  Song Meaning:I think the song is about greed. Greed never has enough. It doesn't have a heart or a voice just a need for more.

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  General Comment:The song is about Death, as if sung by Death.
  
  Norwegian Viking folk music constellation WARDRUNA - which features multi-instrumentalist Einar "Kvitrafn" Selvik, Gaahl (ex-GORGOROTH, GOD SEED), and vocalist Lindy Fay Hella - have their music featured in History Channel's new TV series, Vikings.
  
  Original lyrics written by Fever Ray, and sung by Wardruna for the Vikings movie.
  It's a dark song about Death. Death has no heart, nor a voice, but always wants more. The tune is hypnotic, a tune Death would sing to you to entice you to give up the Battle, whatever battle you struggle with.

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  My Interpretation:A person who has been warped by the world.
  Namely, war.
  Finds himself without the ability to feel love, compassion, or even speak for himself.
  Trained to the world's war-torn banner, he only does what he knows.
  The "feel dangling from the window" can almost be interpreted as a desire to end his life from the misery of a life where he only knows how to serve.

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  General Comment:The children are being taken away, escaping, from the materialistic society that has distorted them and robbed them of their voices. The adults are soul dead, despite their wealth, and have lost their humanity (heart.) They are obsessed with acquiring more and more and have lost the ability to see their children as beautiful beings, or even to love them. Fever Ray has used the unkempt swimming pool and powerful water imagery in other videos as well as images of aboriginal face and body paintings, perhaps to evoke a more real and earthy spirituality. Can't venture a guess as to what the German Shepherd dog means-perhaps it is looking for the children. It would appear one child was left behind in its distorted state-perhaps too fearful to leave.

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  Song Meaning:Death. The song is about death. Death has nor heart,death has no voice.
  But death always wants more...

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    Norwegian Viking folk music constellation WARDRUNA - which features multi-instrumentalist Einar "Kvitrafn" Selvik, Gaahl (ex-GORGOROTH, GOD SEED), and vocalist Lindy Fay Hella - have their music featured in History Channel's new TV series, Vikings.
    
    Original lyrics written by Fever Ray, and sung by Wardruna for the Vikings movie.
    It's a dark song about Death. Death has no heart, nor a voice, but always wants more. The tune is hypnotic, a tune Death would sing to you to entice you to give up the Battle, whatever battle you struggle with.

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  General Comment:The 2 children (white) are symbolic of European colonist being propelled along by slavery (the black man rowing). The mansion is America and the bodies are those of the Native American people left in the wake-give me more, give me more, give me more? If I had a heart I would love you ( I buried my heart at Wounded Knee), If I had a voice I would sing (virtually eradicated they no longer have a voice in the land which was once theirs)?

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  General Comment:I think this song is about our society and children representing the next generation. Our society wants more without considering the environmental and moral aspects, and our children are the "sacrifice" because they will suffer for our mistakes.

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  General Comment:It's about feeling guilty over losing her patience with a needy toddler and resolving to start over tomorrow with a better attitude.

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