SwarthyWalnuts
SwarthyWalnuts t1_izcy7yv wrote
Reply to comment by soniclettuce in Swans: The ultimate gift from your true love [OC] by TrueBirch
Or the lyricist is just reiterating the gifts received on previous days.
SwarthyWalnuts t1_izcbnad wrote
Reply to comment by T_that_is_all in Swans: The ultimate gift from your true love [OC] by TrueBirch
Idk man, but that sure is a lot of ladies milking cows.
SwarthyWalnuts t1_izc9qc3 wrote
Reply to comment by TrueBirch in Swans: The ultimate gift from your true love [OC] by TrueBirch
Interesting that you interpreted it as a cumulative gift, each verse being an additional X number of gifts. I wonder what the results would be if it was just the numbered amount of each gift.
SwarthyWalnuts t1_izdsekz wrote
Reply to comment by soniclettuce in Swans: The ultimate gift from your true love [OC] by TrueBirch
Not if it’s simply a list of gifts given in prior days. I’ve always interpreted each verse as two separate thoughts: a gift given on a certain day followed by a listing of all prior gifts. I think this is plausible due to many of the singers’ renditions of this song vocally drawing out the current days gift, sometimes followed by a brief pause, and then running straight through the list of past gifts, as if keeping track or running tally.