Stephanie Victoria

Samson

Thursday, March 19, 2009, 5:34 PM

Regina Spektor - Samson

You are my sweetest downfall
I loved you first, I loved you first
Beneath the sheets of paper lies my truth
I have to go, I have to go
Your hair was long when we first met

Samson went back to bed
Not much hair left on his head
He ate a slice of wonder bread and went right back to bed
And history books forgot about us and the bible didnt mention us
The bible didnt mention us, not even once

You are my sweetest downfall
I loved you first , I loved you first
Beneath the stars came falling on our heads
But they're just old light
They're just old light
Your hair was long when we first met

Samson came to my bed
Told me that my hair was red
Told me I was beautiful and came into my bed
I cut his hair myself one night
A pair of dull scissors and the yellow light
He told me that I'd done alright
and kissed me till the morning light the morning light
and he kissed me till the morning light

Samson went back to bed
Not much hair left on his head
Ate a slice of wonder bread
and went right back to bed
We couldn't break the columns down
No, we couldn't destroy a single one
and the history books forgot about us
and the bible didnt mention us
not even once

You are my sweetest downfall
I loved you first
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I love this song so much. I went to look up the lyrics on this great website, songmeanings.net, where people post about the meanings of songs along with their thoughts in general. A lot of people talk about how the song is about love in its purest form, and I completely agree, but I think even more than that it's about how people are noted for their infamy or notoriety long before they're noted for good things they have done. If this is a bible-related reference to Sampson, then here is a girl who honestly loved Sam(p)son but because she was not considered a whore like Delilah, and she didn't cause him to fail epically at anything, the love the two shared never "made the headlines", so to speak.

Like, in Rent last night, there was an ensemble member who at one point walks around with a bucket and tools to wash windows yelling about making an "honest living", and he's completely ignored. It's kind of the same thing there. If he had been walking around stealing, he might've made the evening news, but no one paid him any attention because he was attempting to live honestly.

I don't know, just something to think about =)