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What are the “glass coffins� What does “light out and then there's lock up†mean here?
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Hear them whispering French and German
Dutch, Italian, and Latin
When no one's looking I catch a sculpture marble,
Cold, and soft as satin
But the most special are the most lonely
God, I pity the violins
In glass coffins they keep coughing
They've forgotten, forgotten how to sing, how to sing.
First there's lights out, then there's lock up
Masterpieces serving maximum sentences
It's their own fault for being timeless
There's a price you pay and a consequence
All the galleries, the museums
Here's your ticket, welcome to the tombs
They're just public mausoleums
Here's your ticket, welcome to the tombs
They're just public mausoleums
The living dead fill every room
But the most special are the most lonely
God, I pity the violins
In glass coffins they keep coughing
They've forgotten, forgotten how to sing
-- Regina Spektor, All the Rowboats
Why does she say the works of art art serving "maximum sentences"?
What are the "glass coffins"?
What does "light out and then there's lock up" mean?
What is OR Who are "the living dead"?
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Hear them whispering French and German
Dutch, Italian, and Latin
When no one's looking I catch a sculpture marble,
Cold, and soft as satin
But the most special are the most lonely
God, I pity the violins
In glass coffins they keep coughing
They've forgotten, forgotten how to sing, how to sing.
First there's lights out, then there's lock up
Masterpieces serving maximum sentences
It's their own fault for being timeless
There's a price you pay and a consequence
All the galleries, the museums
Here's your ticket, welcome to the tombs
They're just public mausoleums
Here's your ticket, welcome to the tombs
They're just public mausoleums
The living dead fill every room
But the most special are the most lonely
God, I pity the violins
In glass coffins they keep coughing
They've forgotten, forgotten how to sing
-- Regina Spektor, All the Rowboats
Why does she say the works of art art serving "maximum sentences"?
What are the "glass coffins"?
What does "light out and then there's lock up" mean?
What is OR Who are "the living dead"?
meaning meaning-in-context comprehension
edited 56 mins ago
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Hear them whispering French and German
Dutch, Italian, and Latin
When no one's looking I catch a sculpture marble,
Cold, and soft as satin
But the most special are the most lonely
God, I pity the violins
In glass coffins they keep coughing
They've forgotten, forgotten how to sing, how to sing.
First there's lights out, then there's lock up
Masterpieces serving maximum sentences
It's their own fault for being timeless
There's a price you pay and a consequence
All the galleries, the museums
Here's your ticket, welcome to the tombs
They're just public mausoleums
Here's your ticket, welcome to the tombs
They're just public mausoleums
The living dead fill every room
But the most special are the most lonely
God, I pity the violins
In glass coffins they keep coughing
They've forgotten, forgotten how to sing
-- Regina Spektor, All the Rowboats
Why does she say the works of art art serving "maximum sentences"?
What are the "glass coffins"?
What does "light out and then there's lock up" mean?
What is OR Who are "the living dead"?
meaning meaning-in-context comprehension
edited 56 mins ago
Andrew
59.7k566132
asked 1 hour ago
AmirhoseinRiazi
622320
Hear them whispering French and German
Dutch, Italian, and Latin
When no one's looking I catch a sculpture marble,
Cold, and soft as satin
But the most special are the most lonely
God, I pity the violins
In glass coffins they keep coughing
They've forgotten, forgotten how to sing, how to sing.
First there's lights out, then there's lock up
Masterpieces serving maximum sentences
It's their own fault for being timeless
There's a price you pay and a consequence
All the galleries, the museums
Here's your ticket, welcome to the tombs
They're just public mausoleums
Here's your ticket, welcome to the tombs
They're just public mausoleums
The living dead fill every room
But the most special are the most lonely
God, I pity the violins
In glass coffins they keep coughing
They've forgotten, forgotten how to sing
-- Regina Spektor, All the Rowboats
Why does she say the works of art art serving "maximum sentences"?
What are the "glass coffins"?
What does "light out and then there's lock up" mean?
What is OR Who are "the living dead"?
meaning meaning-in-context comprehension
meaning meaning-in-context comprehension
edited 56 mins ago
Andrew
59.7k566132
asked 1 hour ago
AmirhoseinRiazi
622320
edited 56 mins ago
Andrew
59.7k566132
asked 1 hour ago
AmirhoseinRiazi
622320
edited 56 mins ago
Andrew
59.7k566132
edited 56 mins ago
Andrew
59.7k566132
edited 56 mins ago
Andrew
59.7k566132
59.7k566132
asked 1 hour ago
AmirhoseinRiazi
622320
asked 1 hour ago
AmirhoseinRiazi
622320
asked 1 hour ago
AmirhoseinRiazi
622320
622320
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@helen I've fixed it
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The songwriter is mixing mausoleum and prison metaphors.
The "glass coffins" are the cases in which the (presumably) priceless violins are stored and (presumably) never played. The "living dead" are the instruments which should be played, but instead are kept on display, never making music.
Combined that with the prison image of "lights out" (time for the museum to close) and "lock up" (the violins are locked away like prisoners). "Maximum sentences" implies the violins are to be locked away forever.
As for whether she is really talking about encased instruments, or whether it's a more complicated metaphor -- I leave that to your interpretation.
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The songwriter is mixing mausoleum and prison metaphors.
The "glass coffins" are the cases in which the (presumably) priceless violins are stored and (presumably) never played. The "living dead" are the instruments which should be played, but instead are kept on display, never making music.
Combined that with the prison image of "lights out" (time for the museum to close) and "lock up" (the violins are locked away like prisoners). "Maximum sentences" implies the violins are to be locked away forever.
As for whether she is really talking about encased instruments, or whether it's a more complicated metaphor -- I leave that to your interpretation.
answered 1 hour ago
Andrew
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up vote
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The songwriter is mixing mausoleum and prison metaphors.
The "glass coffins" are the cases in which the (presumably) priceless violins are stored and (presumably) never played. The "living dead" are the instruments which should be played, but instead are kept on display, never making music.
Combined that with the prison image of "lights out" (time for the museum to close) and "lock up" (the violins are locked away like prisoners). "Maximum sentences" implies the violins are to be locked away forever.
As for whether she is really talking about encased instruments, or whether it's a more complicated metaphor -- I leave that to your interpretation.
answered 1 hour ago
Andrew
59.7k566132
add a comment |Â
up vote
2
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up vote
2
down vote
The songwriter is mixing mausoleum and prison metaphors.
The "glass coffins" are the cases in which the (presumably) priceless violins are stored and (presumably) never played. The "living dead" are the instruments which should be played, but instead are kept on display, never making music.
Combined that with the prison image of "lights out" (time for the museum to close) and "lock up" (the violins are locked away like prisoners). "Maximum sentences" implies the violins are to be locked away forever.
As for whether she is really talking about encased instruments, or whether it's a more complicated metaphor -- I leave that to your interpretation.
answered 1 hour ago
Andrew
59.7k566132
The songwriter is mixing mausoleum and prison metaphors.
The "glass coffins" are the cases in which the (presumably) priceless violins are stored and (presumably) never played. The "living dead" are the instruments which should be played, but instead are kept on display, never making music.
Combined that with the prison image of "lights out" (time for the museum to close) and "lock up" (the violins are locked away like prisoners). "Maximum sentences" implies the violins are to be locked away forever.
As for whether she is really talking about encased instruments, or whether it's a more complicated metaphor -- I leave that to your interpretation.
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answered 1 hour ago
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answered 1 hour ago
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