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Some will say it’s not even funny
And there you stand, not even trying
They say it is in line with the aging
Sometimes noise is just your mind
But the lesson is vague and the lightning
Shows a deer with her mind on the moor
And now something with the sun is just different
Since they shook the earth in 1904
As I lower down I hear it’s a message
And it’s 1902 telling people to get out
If there was a just a way I could tell them
It’s been long, but you are right
The singing is slow and so quiet
Like the sound when you sweep off the floor
And now something with the dirt is just different
Since they shook the earth in 1904
When the night is young
But the bridge is up
Something passing by our shore
The only one you can tell it to
Is the only one that will know
As one rock was made to go through my window
Here is something so strange and something louder than before
You’re living with no light or direction but damn precise
And now you know
That believing is hard but you go now
And you feel what you drag across the floor
And now something in these trails is just different
Since they shook the earth in 1904
Some will say it’s not even healthy
But body is young and mind is sure
That at least something is alright with your thinking
Because they shook the earth in 1904.
And there you stand, not even trying
They say it is in line with the aging
Sometimes noise is just your mind
But the lesson is vague and the lightning
Shows a deer with her mind on the moor
And now something with the sun is just different
Since they shook the earth in 1904
As I lower down I hear it’s a message
And it’s 1902 telling people to get out
If there was a just a way I could tell them
It’s been long, but you are right
The singing is slow and so quiet
Like the sound when you sweep off the floor
And now something with the dirt is just different
Since they shook the earth in 1904
When the night is young
But the bridge is up
Something passing by our shore
The only one you can tell it to
Is the only one that will know
As one rock was made to go through my window
Here is something so strange and something louder than before
You’re living with no light or direction but damn precise
And now you know
That believing is hard but you go now
And you feel what you drag across the floor
And now something in these trails is just different
Since they shook the earth in 1904
Some will say it’s not even healthy
But body is young and mind is sure
That at least something is alright with your thinking
Because they shook the earth in 1904.
Lyrics submitted by Kashika, edited by Xamnam, sarahmarks
Track duration: 04:00
"1904" as written by Kristian Matsson
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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Please, read his poems and you'll understand.
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He did not go into the meaning of the song as a whole, though, saying he likes to leave his songs open for interpretation. The song is about more than just the earthquake itself, I take. Maybe taking the earthquake as some metaphore for an incident after which everything is or seems different.
So, the deer with her head on the moor (in reference to Hebron, the ghost-town) could mean several things, I assume. The moor could refer to wanting to "tie down" the city to spare it damage from the quake, or possibly could be a reference to the ultimate reason for abandon which was insufficient water to sustain the town (the deer hoping that the land would become boggy and sodden with water).
Here is a funny tid-bit. The wiki page for the Hebron earthquake states that a man named Huntsman proposed to build a reservoir which became the town Enterprise where the people from Hebron eventually moved. Considering that moor could also mean a tract of land for hunting, I find it funny that a deer is game (possibly the towns-people) and the Hunstman (source of water) eventually gained prospects.
Also, Hebron is biblical town so could this somehow mean something to do with the Berbers??
This is definitely one of those songs you wish to know what the artist intended instead of driving yourself crazy with the possibilities, if you are notorious for that.
So, the deer with her head on the moor (in reference to Hebron, the ghost-town) could mean several things, I assume. The moor could refer to wanting to "tie down" the city to spare it damage from the quake, or possibly could be a reference to the ultimate reason for abandon which was insufficient water to sustain the town (the deer hoping that the land would become boggy and sodden with water).
Here is a funny tid-bit. The wiki page for the Hebron earthquake states that a man named Huntsman proposed to build a reservoir which became the town Enterprise where the people from Hebron eventually moved. Considering that moor could also mean a tract of land for hunting, I find it funny that a deer is game (possibly the towns-people) and the Hunstman (source of water) eventually gained his prospects.
Also, Hebron is biblical town so could this somehow mean something to do with the Moors aka Berbers??
This is definitely one of those songs you wish to know what the artist intended instead of driving yourself crazy with the possibilities, if you are notorious for that.
First verse of 1904 makes me sad, reminds me of an old person everyone thinks is going crazy. Like how "sometimes noise is just your mind." Its as if someone's being told it's not funny, but they're actually serious, not trying to be funny. They are being told as they get older their mind isn't working the same as it did when they were younger (in line with the aging) It just makes me sad to think about it, an older person being treated like they're insane when really they are thinking about the past, or whatever this person is doing.
1904 earthquake theory is interesting, never thought of that but it makes sense.
After I first heard it (yesterday), I have been listening to it and thinking about it.
I came to the point where I settled on the thought that
this is a 'coming of age' song about rapturous sex in apartment 1904.