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Originally posted by ahauntingnearu
winning post right here yas!
if you don't mind, i would love to hear your full written-out itnerpretation of AFAICG, which you said is inspired by Dante's Inferno! if you have time, please write your interpretation out? the connections between the two, etc. thanks so much  |
The song, in general refers to the fulfillment of something. Whether it's her relationship or escaping some deep thoughts or feelings...
She repeats the word "cedars" more times throughout the song , so maybe she finds some solitude or relief in nature? It definitely feels like it, because nature is one of the main themes on this album. It's also one of the main reasons why I appreciate it so much.
What makes the song a clear reference to Dante's spectacular piece of work is definitely the repeating of the "As far as I could get" phrase and the "I'm not far enough yet" phrase by the end of the song.
Dante's Inferno begins with "midway between the journey of our life" (maybe she feels at that point in her life). I've always seen the story behind it more like a self-discovery journey trough life. Maybe this is what Florence sees trough this experience: learning from her past mistakes, moving on and realizing that we all have to go trough such things in life, because this is just part of the destiny of it.
She also acknowledged that there are even more things to learn ("I'm not far enough yet") in the future and that her destiny has still some shots left to fire at her.
Inferno is like a gallery, an expedition trough the definition of life. The guide trough it, Dante himself, goes trough all the bad and all the good things in it. From the pits of hell, where liars and traitors end their destiny to the purgatory and then, finally, heaven, the ultimate spot. All these in 7 different stairs.
Maybe Florence started to acknowledge the fact that the lies, the betrayals and all these things are just part of the course of life and you have to stick with them in order to not destroy the balance of the universe.
Maybe Florence felt that her deepest and most dangerous thoughts guided her trough the Inferno and now, when she's seen it all (or maybe not?) she has to advance and find the purgatory, clean her mind and stick with it. Maybe she felt like Dante when he survived the depths of hell in order to advance to the Purgatory?
She says it like she wants to get trough all of it, see it all in order for her ideals to fulfill. She went trough the first step, the inferno, acknowledges that part of live and now she wants to advance to the next big part of it, the purgatory?
I really don't have a clear explanation of it. It's just how I feel about it. These are all just my simple interpretations.
But isn't this what makes is so interesting? Trying to figure out what went trough her mind when she wrote it? What went trough her life that gave her the inspiration to write it?
It definitely wouldn't be that interesting if she just explained it all.
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