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Lo and behold! Your mother is drinking again.
This might be the coldest winter since records began.
You were a low moon, steady with wintry calm.
Leading the children softly across the farm.
Each morning you'd march your sisters like soldiers to school.
Cause lo and behold! Your father had drunk all the fuel.
You were a low moon, steady with wintry calm.
Somewhere inside the fire of your youth went dark.
But you swear blind there is no weight in the water pail.
You say "My love, you take the cards that you're dealt.
Cause there's no guiding light arching a line to Bethlehem.
If it's dark outside you light the fire yourself."
Darling when the ice caps melt,
When the devil's in the bible belt,
Don't cower in your bed.
I'll be on the 5:45,
You can meet me at the railway line,
And don't look so scared.
Cause we've been through worse than this before we could talk.
The trick of it is, don't be afraid any more.
This might be the coldest winter since records began.
You were a low moon, steady with wintry calm.
Leading the children softly across the farm.
Each morning you'd march your sisters like soldiers to school.
Cause lo and behold! Your father had drunk all the fuel.
You were a low moon, steady with wintry calm.
Somewhere inside the fire of your youth went dark.
But you swear blind there is no weight in the water pail.
You say "My love, you take the cards that you're dealt.
Cause there's no guiding light arching a line to Bethlehem.
If it's dark outside you light the fire yourself."
Darling when the ice caps melt,
When the devil's in the bible belt,
Don't cower in your bed.
I'll be on the 5:45,
You can meet me at the railway line,
And don't look so scared.
Cause we've been through worse than this before we could talk.
The trick of it is, don't be afraid any more.
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It's weird, but i can imagine this song being a movie (or book)...one of those heartbreakingly depressing movies that make you curl away in you're sofa and cry all day because it is JUST THAT BEAUTIFUL.
(You know what- this song SHOULD be made into a movie!)
"Cause there's no guiding light arching a line to Bethlehem.
If it's dark outside you light the fire yourself"
(I love the constant biblical references throughout their album)
In life there isn't always some sort of magical guidance, fate/destiny that will help you when times look there bleakest- sometimes if the situation looks difficult and you are all alone, then you have to persevere, be strong and go through life as brave as you can be
Then, the tone changes and it's a lot more hopeful. Her lover/friend tells her that he'll be on his way and tells her to meet him: "meet me at the railway line". He tells her not to "cower in your bed" and not to "look so scared" - be brave, face your fears. The line "We've been through worse than this before we could talk" shows the extent of what they've both been through and they can help each other and that there's hope for a brighter future. "The trick of it is, don't be afraid any more" - have faith. You could also take this the other way in that they would end their lives together, but I definitely think this is not the case. It's hopeful and looking like they could help each other for the future.
This is just my opinion and you might disagree! Amazing band.
"Somewhere inside the fire of your youth went dark." I find that line to be so incredibly beautiful.