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Nov 30, 2016
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Heaven is everyone's home, the only place where anyone is truly safe and free. Death takes us all in the end, and thus he found his way home even though he never returned to his homeland.
Look what so-called justice has made of a man, that the gallows tree means happiness and safety and freedom at last; all for six pairs of shoes.
Welcome home, broken child of a distant land. Welcome home.
Look what so-called justice has made of a man, that the gallows tree means happiness and safety and freedom at last; all for six pairs of shoes.
Welcome home, broken child of a distant land. Welcome home.
Nov 30, 2016
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for years
They assumed when you fled
You were good as dead
Was their indifference crueler
Than your nothing to
They assumed when you fled
You were good as dead
Was their indifference crueler
Than your nothing to
No one from the prison would bother to look for escaped prisoners: they were assumed dead and in those days all criminals were treated as the scum of the Earth. Indifference towards the lives of the downtrodden was what caused so many people to be forced into a life of crime in the first place, so indifference was the cause of that nothing to eat in the first place.
Sep 23, 2016
This song is essentially describing the relationship between England and Ireland as though they were two people in an abusive relationship. Sinead is speaking as both a battered woman and as Ireland, asking for kindness and love. It's a very interesting song that way; a love song to an enemy.
Apr 9, 2016
Feb 24, 2016
The Kelpie is a creature from Scottish myth, a shapeshifting faerie horse with sticky skin and a tendency to drown its riders. Sometimes it turned into a human and lured away the unsuspecting. It was recognizable because it was always wet, with seaweed-entwined hair or mane, and in horse form it was always pure white or black.
This song appears to be from the point of view of a male kelpie in human form, luring away a woman.
Feb 24, 2016
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Feb 7, 2016
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Oct 6, 2015
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Sep 28, 2015
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Sep 21, 2015
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Sep 21, 2015
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this young fool he just said to me it's liberty or death
and he looked a rather tasty one, I just could not help it
and he looked a rather tasty one, I just could not help it
The young fool's name was Thomas Cox, and Pearce killed him when they had to cross a river and Cox couldn't swim very well. Admittedly, there's a good chance Pearce only brought him along as emergency rations anyway.
Pearce was found with pockets full of Cox's flesh and hung. His original crimes had been public drunkenness and stealing six pairs of shoes.
Pearce was found with pockets full of Cox's flesh and hung. His original crimes had been public drunkenness and stealing six pairs of shoes.
Sep 21, 2015
Sep 21, 2015
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Sep 21, 2015
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Macquarie Harbour it was in the pouring rain
none of us quite sure if we would see England
none of us quite sure if we would see England
This song is based on the infamous case of Alexander Pearce, sole survivor of two different attempts to escape from a secondary prison in the penal colony of Tasmania. Both ended in misery, insanity and starvation.