The decemberists engine driver lyrics

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General Comment Okay, meaning now. I think that this is a song comprised of several different characters obviously with most of the focus given to the writer who I think is, in some part, Meloy -- it's very simple with lots of repetition, but I think it comes down to one moral -- All of these people are something by their very nature; it's in their bones, it's who they are, and they're calling out, "If you don't love me let me go" -- or, if you don't love me for who I really am, let me go.

Going deeper, you could look at the writer and think, he's trying to rid this love from his bones, so maybe she's become a part of him assuming the first person is male, sorry as well; or, he is becoming a part of her, as in "I am the heart that you call home".

Yet, he's just a writer of fictions; he's trying to write her out of his life, but she won't let go. In any case, it's a beautiful song. Love it. There was an error. I kind of think the point is all the characters, the engine driver, the lineman, the moneylender, all know who they are. They tell their jobs and seem to accept what they are. But the writer doesn't know who he is.

He just writes to keep away a person who he loved. He doesn't really have that much of an identity separate from her because whenever he talks about himself, he relates it to this other person. Just how I see it :- EvilGiraffe on August 14, Each of the professions he lists in the verses are various parts of being a touring musician.

No Replies Log in to reply. General Comment I feel as if it's about a writer trying to get over this girl. He keeps writing these stories and pouring himself into these different characters and no matter who he becomes he still doesn't get the girl.

General Comment It's about that girl that you want but will never get, for whatever reason. Still, even knowing this, the love that you feel stays. Meloy is shrieking "if you don't love me let me go", but the love still stays, despite the fact that the writer has "written pages upon pages trying to rid you from my bones.

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