lyrics - daughter

princess niamh
princess 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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  • Anon
    Anon 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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  • Commy
    Commy 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
  • Anon
    Anon 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
  • restlesssoul
    restlesssoul Posts: 6,952
    i ve always liked violins my self but there is a double meaning so who won the bet?
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  • princess niamh
    princess 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 :)
  • rockpants
    rockpants BC 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'.
  • vedderfan10
    vedderfan10 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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  • satansbedbugs
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    It Says Violins in the inside cover of VS...ive never heard violence before im almost positive its violins.....
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  • Anon
    Anon 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
  • KosmicJelli
    KosmicJelli 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...................
  • jessie
    jessie Posts: 14
    depends on the day,and the show
  • justam
    justam Posts: 21,415
    sometimes the words are both

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