''He'' may be God and ''your'' may be the dead child.
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 29 March 2008 02:15 (sixteen years ago) link
that's a stretch.
― bug, Saturday, 29 March 2008 06:42 (sixteen years ago) link
It's one of two ways I always interpreted the song (and, BTW, not based on that isolated lyric, but based on the lyrics overall). I don't think it's a stretch. As I say, I wasn't trying to hear the song that way, I just did. Now, admittedly, the fact that I'm the father of a then-two or three year old girl (I can't recall when I first heard the song) may have something to do with how I heard it, but -- like many, if not most, people -- I often hear and understand lyrics in the context of their own life, experience, hopes and fears.
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 29 March 2008 11:41 (sixteen years ago) link
Sorry, ''in the context of my own life, experience, hopes and fears,'' is what I meant to say.
Damn typos.
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 29 March 2008 11:44 (sixteen years ago) link
perfect album for a miserable dreary ny afternoon in april
― slight even by tweet standards (forksclovetofu), Friday, 1 April 2011 16:13 (thirteen years ago) link
totally. you know what this record is not good for? driving. my wife and i were listening to it in the car, and something about the mix makes it just sound like scratching on guitar strings and muttering, no matter what volume. this might be a problem with our soundsystem/loud car, though.
― tylerw, Friday, 1 April 2011 16:16 (thirteen years ago) link
^ haha. This album is great, but way too sleepy to be heard while driving.
― musicfanatic, Friday, 1 April 2011 17:29 (thirteen years ago) link
the new album is way underrated
― uberweiss, Friday, 1 April 2011 17:32 (thirteen years ago) link
man, i just cannot get into it
― tylerw, Friday, 1 April 2011 17:32 (thirteen years ago) link
It really is great.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 1 April 2011 17:35 (thirteen years ago) link
im still struggling with it too.
― Zero pumps, massive boner (thebingo), Friday, 1 April 2011 17:43 (thirteen years ago) link
new ep is very pleasant
― nxd, Friday, 3 May 2024 10:00 (one month ago) link
Only heard the one song with Fiona Apple so far, which I really liked, but it's a full album, no?
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 3 May 2024 14:16 (one month ago) link
yep sorry x
― nxd, Friday, 3 May 2024 14:28 (one month ago) link
No problem, wondered if maybe there was something else recently too!
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 3 May 2024 14:42 (one month ago) link