Faithful(l)

jgrossman

So I was thinking...

On the studio version of Yield, it's spelled "Faithfull" (extra "l"), but on most of the bootlegs they write "Faithful" on the back.

I personally think the extra "l" on the album was intentional, even though it misspells the word.

Simple mistake for the boots? Or is there a reason in particular that one would drop the "l" in a live setting?

Or maybe I'm just reading too much into this. Seems like the spelling of a song title would be pretty crucial.

myra

I think I read somewhere that it was intentional indeed. To make it more meaningful I guess, with a sort of play on word in the last line where it's just the plain usual meaning of the word. So I was a bit disappointed to see it spelled correctly on the bootlegs as well, thought I made that up cause I love the song.
Then again, maybe I did...

jfarish

Take this piece of evidence as you see fit: on the lyric page to Faithfull, the site originally spelled it "Faithful." I asked the same question you did, viz., it has an extra "l" on the album, isn't that significant? A few days later, it was listed as "Faithfull." I'm pretty sure that's the way it should be.