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Kozelek left Ohio to pursue a musical career with his former band Red House Painters, around 1989, and in doing so, his initial concerns and observations faded, as long as his recollection of her altogether.
This indicates that as she was so distant to Kozelek family-wise, it would’ve been difficult for them to remain in touch especially with her running wild and raising children of her own.
You were fifteen and pregnant and running wild
I remember wondering
Could there be a light at the end of your tunnel? Sun Kil Moon – Carissa
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Light at the end of a tunnel is the end of a difficult period.
Kozelek reflects on the last time he saw her, particularly concerned as to whether she would resolve the issues that permeated around her such as teenage pregnancy and “running wild”. By the tone employed throughout the song and some tads of information, apparently Carissa got over the issues of her early pregnancy and succeed as a mother, leading an independent though simple life. In this way, there was a light at the end of her tunnel. However, the idiom has a layered interpretation and can be read as a foreshadowing of her death in a accident fire. These line contrasts with Carissa’s opening line in which Mark sings of how young and lovely she was at their first encounter.
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Carissa J. Sampsel was Mark Kozelek (Sun Kil Moon’s only member)’s second cousin, who died in 2013 at the age of 35 in a freak accident involving flammable waste.
Kozelek claims that the first time they met she was lovely, and a child, in both physical and mental senses in the way that she was new to the world.
The fact that Kozelek sings directly to Carissa shows that he cares deeply about her, even though she eventually passes, Mark sings to her like she still has life. He similairly sings directly to his mother and father on the songs I Can’t Live Without My Mother’s Love and I Love My Dad indicating that he truly does see her as close family.
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If I have soul
[Chorus]
Love soul
Love soul
Love soul
Soul music Majical Cloudz – Love Soul
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Soul is a kind of music that mixes rhythm and blues, gospel music and white pop music, highly popularised by artists like James Brown and Otis redding. The narrator explained earlier that he and his ex shared a love for Rock and Roll, the narrator insists that as long as he has his Soul then he doesn’t need any love from another person.
Soul is a type of music that, at times, is a lot more soothing and tranquil than Rock and Roll, this shows that it’s an indefinite substitute for the excitement and jaggedness of his now terminated relationship.
The narrator could be discussing Soul as their attributes of deep feeling and commitment, if this is what the speaker is discussing then they see this will carry them through the breakup and longing of their partner. It is in this sense that the word appears in the aforementioned soul music. However that music was also influenced by gospel music which was religious.
More easily put: the soul is the I in I exist that feels and lives life. What people call the mind could be part of the soul: one soul started this annotation, other souls have edited it, and another soul is reading it.
This view, however, implies that the human body is a possession, and seems to devalue bodies that do not have souls as defined or understood by the speaker (some people say that animals, heretics, and people of another religion do not have souls).
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Hardcore is a punk subculture that started in the 1970s.
Hardcore is generally faster, heavier, and more abrasive than regular punk rock.
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Annotated here.
More popularly known as playing in The Social Network briefly after the internet hacking initiation for the interns.
Proof that hip-hop has always been down with the DKs, is this Michael Franti cover of the song from 1992’s Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy album, Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury.
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.>inb4 Illmatic
(It came out 14 years after Fruit).
[Similarity? They both pay homage to dead presidents.]
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Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables is a caustic, snide and fiercely intelligent statement of intent.
And a fantastic listen.