I don't think I can post anything quite coherent at this moment, but I just want to put at least the simplest one-cent I can give.
First of all, the link you gave goes to a baby monkey being given a bath! (I mean, it *is* very cute, but I don't think that was your intention. =P)
Second of all, I found out about this song here in Sounis, actually. I believe it was either recced by someone on a thread, or it was in one of the playlists. I admit it is a beautiful song full of meaning and metaphors; a breath of fresh air from all the repetitive one-word songs we get today (i.e "p-p-p-poker-face p-p-p-poker face.... x 23).
I guess I'm just going to go right out and say that I fail to see the relationship between this song and Gen and Irene. Perhaps I just don't understand some of the underlying messages in the lyrics or I don't see Gen and Irene's relationship in the same way as other Sounisians do. I understand that in this song, there is a young and stone-hearted queen who wages wars, and a soldier who manages to seek her out of the castle walls from which she was hiding. Yes, that does sound very Irene and Gen-like respectively. There are also the little details like the red tapestry (and we know that Irene likes to wear red), and such, but the rest of the motives fall short of the deck.
The queen here says, "I have swallowed a secret burning thread. It cuts me inside, and often I have bled." So yes, we know that she's burdened, but for me, I just don't see how that same burden reflects Irene's. Irene wages wars (how many has she waged, actually?) to subdue her antagonistic barons, but this queen, IMHO, seems to like to watch the world suffer because she is also suffering. It makes her feel better to know she's not the only one. I mean, that's the impression I get; I could be completely off the walls here.
I'm pressed for time, so I'm leaving it at that for now, but I do promise to post more of what I think once I'm free. So uhm, well feel free to disagree btw. ^__^
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Date: 10/16/11 04:53 pm (UTC)First of all, the link you gave goes to a baby monkey being given a bath! (I mean, it *is* very cute, but I don't think that was your intention. =P)
Second of all, I found out about this song here in Sounis, actually. I believe it was either recced by someone on a thread, or it was in one of the playlists. I admit it is a beautiful song full of meaning and metaphors; a breath of fresh air from all the repetitive one-word songs we get today (i.e "p-p-p-poker-face p-p-p-poker face.... x 23).
I guess I'm just going to go right out and say that I fail to see the relationship between this song and Gen and Irene. Perhaps I just don't understand some of the underlying messages in the lyrics or I don't see Gen and Irene's relationship in the same way as other Sounisians do. I understand that in this song, there is a young and stone-hearted queen who wages wars, and a soldier who manages to seek her out of the castle walls from which she was hiding. Yes, that does sound very Irene and Gen-like respectively. There are also the little details like the red tapestry (and we know that Irene likes to wear red), and such, but the rest of the motives fall short of the deck.
The queen here says, "I have swallowed a secret burning thread. It cuts me inside, and often I have bled." So yes, we know that she's burdened, but for me, I just don't see how that same burden reflects Irene's. Irene wages wars (how many has she waged, actually?) to subdue her antagonistic barons, but this queen, IMHO, seems to like to watch the world suffer because she is also suffering. It makes her feel better to know she's not the only one. I mean, that's the impression I get; I could be completely off the walls here.
I'm pressed for time, so I'm leaving it at that for now, but I do promise to post more of what I think once I'm free. So uhm, well feel free to disagree btw. ^__^