Lykke Li – Silent My Song

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  General Comment:It's just about this guy she used to date who was really good in all the acupuncture and massage thing, it really works on her for releiving pain and stress after months touring and singing...

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  Song Meaning:Well, I think that the other one on the relationship is narcissistic, or doesn't let anyone else say anything and by that shuts everybody else up. But the relationship can also be violentic mentally and also physically

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    I love Lykke Li's music. She is an amazing artist. I listened to a few of her interviews on youtube, and I get the feeling that she has been sexually abused in her past. The perpetrators that are doing the abusing are commonly within the family, an authority figure, or someone the victim trust. The child almost never fights back because they trust the predator and are too vulnerable to protect themselves. When people are repeatedly abused, they struggle with a warped sense of love. Listen to her other songs and the lyrics: "Love Out of Lust", "Jerome", "Get Some", "Sadness is a Blessing"-the video by Tarik Saleh. She feels constantly abandoned by men whom she tries to keep by giving them sex, hoping that the sex will make them love her. But lust and love are two different things, both of which can be easily confused for the other. I hope she can one day find peace.

    Flag PKLon November 01, 2011  
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  General Comment:It is:
  Cause wicked games seeks wicked witness.
  
  
  Also... it does sound like get f-cked over. However, the part 'go close the door and take it further, where no man has been' sounds like either taking her virginity or her giving it away to the wrong person... almost rape. Quite creepily so.
  And sometimes I see it as an innocent girl - innocent people are often portrayed singing - and the abuser makes her silent by sexually abusing her. Her silents her song... But sure it applies to large schemes!

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    *getting

    Flag mrjnon May 26, 2011  

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    actually, when I look at all the words together, it does sound like sexual abuse that breaks the spirit ("call it love or call it murder") of a young woman/virgin ("I'm your treasure, purest of them all"), that involves physical harm or the threat of physical harm ("you seek pain like it is pleasure" and "no fist is needed when you call").
    
    I'd say ask the writer for the true meanings, but some artists leave their songs to open interpretation on purpose, i.e. it is meant for the person who hears it to give it meaning. Other song writers intentionally tell their story very clearly, e.g. Bruce Springstien, Bryan Adams. This song is so vague, that I'd say its meant to be left open to interpretation.
    
    Regardless of it's specific meanings, it is clearly a song about the spirit being broken ("you silent my song") during a sad and harmful relationship with someone. It makes me sad to think about all the possible meanings of the words, but the music itself doesn't make me sad. The notes are very moving, and the gospel chorus elements are gripping, almost uplifting. There is so much strength and power and purity in the 4 person vocals. They are expressing a partially healed spirit refusing to be silent, and refusing to have its song taken away...the chorus's are so loud!

    Flag znksjmjon December 15, 2011  

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    Exactly what I was thinking as well. On David Letterman, she seems to get choked up, all most as if she were in the exact moment of her pain. Letterman describes it as 'lovely' and 'haunting' at the end of her performance.

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  Song Meaning:it means being fucked over by someone, a person that hurts you without physical touch, silents her song, shuts her spirit down

  Flag ariana826on May 10, 2011   Link

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    i sgree

    Flag cassifaceon May 10, 2011  

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    *I agree*

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