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Regarding the Elbow song, Pitchfork seems to disagree. It's a tragic drinking song where the protagonist loses himself in "a hole in my neighborhood down which of late I cannot help but fall." Less fancy-pants lyricists would have just said "bar," but [Guy] Garvey knows the value of a poetic line or two.
Not like I really believed he meant the bottom of a well, anyway.
In my heart, the song will always be referencing the Wind-Up Bird, just as Nine Inch Nails's "The Becoming" will always be, to me, a song about Darth Vader.
Even in 1995, I secretly believed "Annie" meant "Anakin."
Not like I really believed he meant the bottom of a well, anyway.
Click to viewIn my heart, the song will always be referencing the Wind-Up Bird, just as Nine Inch Nails's "The Becoming" will always be, to me, a song about Darth Vader.
Even in 1995, I secretly believed "Annie" meant "Anakin."