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princess niamhprincess niamh Posts: 2
edited February 2006 in Words and Music...Communication
Hiya,
can anyone help me I am having an argument with my sister about the lyrics of daughter and what its about.

Is it ...
young girl...violence or violins??


Thanks so much if anyone can help
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  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    princess niamh wrote:
    Hiya,
    can anyone help me I am having an argument with my sister about the lyrics of daughter and what its about.

    Is it ...
    young girl...violence or violins??


    Thanks so much if anyone can help
    it can be both...in the lyrics in the actual CD, it was violins(ence)...personally, i prefer violence just cause it goes with the song better

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  • CommyCommy Posts: 4,984
    princess niamh wrote:
    Hiya,
    can anyone help me I am having an argument with my sister about the lyrics of daughter and what its about.

    Is it ...
    young girl...violence or violins??


    Thanks so much if anyone can help


    violence, imo
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    Commy wrote:
    violence, imo
    that is what i think is most meant by it, but it does state, directly from the album VS lyric page, "violins(ence)"...

    all4
  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    i ve always liked violins my self but there is a double meaning so who won the bet?
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  • princess niamhprincess niamh Posts: 2
    Ohhhh thanks so much for your replies...
    I think we will both just have to like what we think it is..no argument as both seem to fit!
    LOL..
    you guys have made our house more peaceful :)
  • rockpantsrockpants Posts: 838
    Violins and Violence are (almost) homophones. My guess is Ed just wrote it out both ways as kind of amusement, 'cause it sounds like it could be 'violins'.
  • vedderfan10vedderfan10 Posts: 2,497
    Yeah, but in ABC's "When Smokey Sings" they clearly say

    "When Smokey Sings
    I hear violence..."

    That always made me laugh...and here we are 15 - 20 years after ABC's hit and people are still debating the violence/violins thing. Pretty cool!! Maybe those words just shouldn't be used in songs anymore...
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  • satansbedbugssatansbedbugs Posts: 2,412
    It Says Violins in the inside cover of VS...ive never heard violence before im almost positive its violins.....
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  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    satansbedbugs wrote:
    It Says Violins in the inside cover of VS...ive never heard violence before im almost positive its violins.....
    not in my version it doesnt....it says, and I quote, "violins(ence)"

    all4
  • KosmicJelliKosmicJelli Posts: 1,855
    all4PearlJam wrote:
    that is what i think is most meant by it, but it does state, directly from the album VS lyric page, "violins(ence)"...

    all4
    I think that the lyrics is always subjective..... take what you want from it and make it mean something to you... In Daughter does he sing "she dreams in color, she dreams of red" OR "she dreams in color, she dreams of Ed"??? It can be debated also in Betterman... "Can't find the Betterman" or "Can't find the Vedderman?" I speak some Italian and your V's are pronounced like B's....think about it...................
  • jessiejessie Posts: 14
    depends on the day,and the show
  • justamjustam Posts: 21,410
    sometimes the words are both

    if they sound the same, it's an opportunity to be fuzzy. :)
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