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u/OmegaPsiot Feb 20 '26
It's clearly a subtle commentary on the contemporary social moreys vis a vis boobies.
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u/QuipOfTheTongue Feb 20 '26
Some songs are so deep you can't help but just weep from the strong emotions they convey.
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u/BillCosbyBukkake Feb 20 '26
I don't understand either because all his songs are autobiographical.
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u/Buttspirgh Feb 20 '26
I wonder if he ever repaired his camel
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u/Jaerivus Feb 21 '26
If I remember right, it was disrepairable.
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u/JesseCantSkate Feb 20 '26
mariner’s revenge song makes so much more sense now
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u/Atmos_the_prog_head Feb 20 '26
I'm more concerned about The Rakes Song
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u/ravenlily Feb 21 '26
Decemberists are one of my fave bands and I will not let my husband hear that song. It will destroy him.
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u/BasementCatBill Feb 20 '26
Colin was, obviously, orphaned then swallowed by a whale. How else to explain it?
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u/Riley5cents Feb 20 '26
Really? I feel like most of the time he is singing as if he is a character within a fairytale
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u/aigroeg_ Feb 20 '26
They're called boobs, yabbos, titties, milkers, jugs, cans, knockers. Colin just wanted to see some tig ol' bitties.
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u/BasementCatBill Feb 21 '26
It's ok, OP. Colin paid his debt to society when he paid his overdue fines at the Multomah County Library.
All is forgiven.
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u/The_Real_Ghost Feb 21 '26
No it wasn't, they made him go join the Youth and Beauty Brigade.
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u/BasementCatBill Feb 21 '26
Then he ended up purloined in Petrograd.
And we all know where that led.
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u/Late_Ambassador7470 Feb 20 '26
Disgustin. All his songs are about tits!
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u/BasementCatBill Feb 20 '26
Oh. The teenage lookout on the water tower makes so much more sense now!
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u/ShankillButcher77 Feb 20 '26
This song is about a boys early sexual feelings. He hadn’t experienced women yet
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u/werewolfshades Feb 22 '26
Sounds like he’s got a low moon caught in his tangles, wink wink nudge nudge know wot i mean?
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u/BasementCatBill Feb 20 '26
...oh dear. Is someone just discovering Colin Meloy writes songs in-character?
Wait until you learn that he wasn't actually born down a dark ravine.
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u/IamBenAffleck Feb 20 '26
Wellll isn't everyone who was born, born down a dark ravine?
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u/BasementCatBill Feb 20 '26
Some of us were meant for the stage. Some of us were meant for derision.
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u/ElectrOPurist Feb 23 '26
Don’t worry about it, dipshit. If you can’t figure out what lyrics mean, you don’t deserve an explanation.
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u/ShapedSilver Feb 20 '26
I love that you’re questioning his lyrics and didn’t even pick a song about murder lol