Bon Iver – Roslyn

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  General Comment:When I read this, and I am certainly not an expert of any kind, I thought he was talking about falling from being somewhere high in his life, to one day looking at it and realizing how far he fell. He didn't know that when he jumped he would end up hitting rock bottom.
  He so beautifully put this song together, and I'd like to know what he thought while writing it.
  Personally, I think he realized that the only way you can see what's on the bottom is to jump. "screen your worry
  From what you won't ever find"
  He also realized the fall is not graceful or easy. "Wings wouldn't help you down."
  He realized when he hit the ground that he lost himself in the fall.
  He forgot why he jumped. "When'd this just become a model home?"
  He realized now he hit rock bottom. He felt like this feeling was to familiar to him, and he realized it became home to him.
  Well folks, I gave it a shot.
  Whether that makes no sense whatsoever, or it spoke right to your heart, I don't know.
  But that's what I love about music.
  It speaks to everyone,
  but not always in the same way..
  It's something we can all share, yet hold deeply something from it in our hearts.

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  General Comment:Roslyn seems like it is about the reality of the how we perceive love in a isolated and terrified way and saying there is other ways to look at love in a beautiful way, but only one will know when they realize that love is stronger than most of our emotions which is why we are terrified of it. I mean look at our society and how people deal with the hurt that love brings through sucicide, isolation, and physical pain.

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  General Comment:I really think this is a beautiful song, so to the point that you get lost in it, and with the lyrics that Im allowing to enter my soul via hearing depression can seep in if I allow it.. nontheless, its a beautiful song.

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  General Comment:This is a great song:)whenever, where ever Bon iver is always great :D
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  General Comment:When i saw new moon, i heard this song and fell in love with it but i couldn;t find the name of it anywhere. Anyway today i was searching for a song with my name as the title(my name is Roslynn) because i was bored and up omes this song! so i click on it and there is my song! sorry to bore you its just no one ever writes a song that is even close to my name(:

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  General Comment:When i saw new moon, i heard this song and fell in love with it but i couldn;t find the name of it anywhere. Anyway today i was searching for a song with my name as the title(my name is Roslynn) because i was bored and up omes this song! so i click on it and there is my song! sorry to bore you its just no one ever writes a song that is even close to my name(:

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  My Interpretation:I think it's about a scared girl commiting suicide by jumping off a cliff into the sea.
  
  'sea and the rock below' that's a give a way that she's standing on top of a cliff.
  
  'bones, blood and teeth erode' Eroding basially means breaking down so I'm guessing this is her falling and on the way down, knocking onto the side of the cliff
  
  'down towards the ground gravity smiled' Gravity is winning because she falls
  
  'Won't let you talk me down' She's probably planned this suicide and knows that she definately wants to die.
  
  Plus, everytime 'down' is sung, it's emphasizing the fall.
  
  That's what I thought when I looked up the lyrics for the first time but that's just my opinion :)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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  General Comment:I think these lyrics are more correct. I am basing this off of close listening to the actual recording as well as these two live performances:
  
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  Off with your torrent
  Aren't we just terrified?
  Shale screen your worry
  From what you won't ever find
  
  Don't let it fool you
  Don't let it fool you
  Down
  Down, sitting round
  Folds in the gown
  
  Sea and the rock below
  Cocked to the undertow
  Bones, blood, and teeth erode
  With every crashing node
  
  Wings wouldn't help you
  Wings wouldn't help you
  Down
  Down fills the ground
  Gravity's prow
  
  You barely are blinking
  Wagging your face around
  When'd this just become a model home
  Ooh..
  
  Won't, won't, won't, won't
  Won't let you talk me
  Won't let you talk me
  Down
  We'll pull it taut
  Nothing let out

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  General Comment:this is a masterpiece

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  General Comment:don't let it fool you
  don't let it fool you down
  don't sit around,
  folds in her gown
  
  wings wouldn't help you
  wings wouldn't help you down
  down towards the ground
  gravity smiled
  

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