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In any case, it's a beautiful song. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: I'll decemberisrs more on that once I think about it some more.
Much like the first verse we have a character who is committed to duty. The Engine Driver song meanings.
If only he were beside her, what would he do. User does not exist.
The verse is stoic in a way; very little emotion is involved. The Decemberists are certainly one of the most clever and talented bands of our time. Just as you would read a book and understand some moral that was never explicitly stated, listening to a Decemberists song is in the exact same vein.
General Comment Okay, meaning now.
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. Three verses, a pre-chorus, and a chorus.
The Engine Driver Lyrics
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: You are commenting using your Twitter account. SongMeanings is a place for discussion and discovery. General Comment "And I've written pages upon pages Trying to rid you from my bones" I get chills every time. Why not add your own? And I am a writer, writer of fictions I am the heart that you call home And I've written pages upon pages Trying to rid you from my bones My bones, my bones.
This song is really amazing. I'm writing a fiction book as well, and it's partially to just get the story out of me. I lean more towards the lyrjcs that the engine driver is coming out of his reverie of his lady and referring to his trip as a long one.
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The Engine Driver Lyrics
A county lineman is our next character. One of the three or more references for this song is unquestionably "Wichita Lineman" decemberitss He just writes to keep away a person who he loved. But the writer doesn't know who he is. Yet, he's just a writer of fictions; he's trying to write her out of his life, but she won't let go.
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You gotta check out. I'm an engine driver On a long run, on a long run Would I work beside her She's a long one, such egine long one. His writing style is rarely ever autobiographical, it's mostly story telling. Death Cab For Cutie: Just how I see it: Email required Address never made public.
A county lineman was responsible for hanging and repairing telegraph or telephone lines.
Hopelessness, but at the same time, something deep inside him "my bones" just won't let go, no matter what he does to try to get rid of her "I've written pages upon pages".
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