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literally all I have done today is eat samoas, do a sink full of dishes, and watch a documentary about Australia’s deadliest sea creatures
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| also you: | at the end of "john wayne gacy jr." sufjan inhales and exhales audibly, giving the impression musically that there were meant to be lyrics sung in that particular section, a narrative and musical continuation of the lyrics "look beneath the floorboards for the secrets i have hid" but were passed on to take a breath. a similar thing happens at the end of "the seer's tower", after the lyrics " still i go to the deepest grave, where i go to sleep alone" but this is followed by a sharp intake of breath, with no apparent exhale, just soft, melancholy wailing. in this article i will be discussi |
| me: | Deep breath and exhale at the end of John Wayne Gacy Jr is to convey the breathtaking gravitas of recognizing one's own sins and flaws in the actions of someone now universally considered evil, as well as shock at what man is capable of doing to others while still being perceived as a good person as Gacy was in his daily life. The Seer's Tower is a reflection upon the end of days, the separation of good and evil by God, and finality of death, something that we can try to convey in words, but seems often can only be expressed in crying out. In this article, I will encourage readers to study this handy guide to poetry explication (http://www.nku.edu/~rkdrury/poetryexplication.html) and maybe read Revelations, the last book in the Bible, the holy book of Chri |
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