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** Specifically, it appears to be the narrator treasuring his child in the aftermath of [[AdultFear the Sandy Hook massacre]], which took place on December 14, 2012.
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** Specifically, it appears to be the narrator treasuring his child in the aftermath of [[AdultFear the Sandy Hook massacre]], massacre, which took place on December 14, 2012.
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* "Sucker's Prayer" has the protagonist wanting to commit suicide by drowning:
-->"I wanna love somebody but I don't know how\\
I've been so long lonely and it's getting me down\\
I wanna throw my body in the river and drown."
-->"I wanna love somebody but I don't know how\\
I've been so long lonely and it's getting me down\\
I wanna throw my body in the river and drown."
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** Specifically, it appears to be the narrator treasuring his child in the aftermath of [[AdultFear the Sandy Hook massacre]], which took place on December 14, 2012.
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** That goddamn ''chorus''. "But here in our hollow, we fuse like a family/but I will not mourn for you." Gets this troper every time.
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** That goddamn ''chorus''. "But here in our hollow, we fuse like a family/but I will not mourn for you." Gets this troper every time."
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* After watching the video for "This Is Why We Fight", this troper decided he needs to just stop watching Decemberists videos. Man.
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* My Mother Was A Chinese Trapeze Artist makes this troper cry, for some reason. Despite that it was written to make someone ''laugh''. Just the fact that the narrator goes through life largely unwanted ('' 'Till the money got tight and they bet me away'') and watching from a distance as everyone else has a lot more fun (look at his sister!), and the heartbroken tone of the original version...
-->''His mother wept no tears, his brother grew unruly''\\
''His mother wept no tears at burying Davey, at burying Davey''\\
''Who'll plane the old pine boughs, who'll set his legs uncrooked?''\\
''Who'll plane the old pine boughs? A coffin for Davey, a coffin for Davey!''
-->''His mother wept no tears, his brother grew unruly''\\
''His mother wept no tears at burying Davey, at burying Davey''\\
''Who'll plane the old pine boughs, who'll set his legs uncrooked?''\\
''Who'll plane the old pine boughs? A coffin for Davey, a coffin for Davey!''
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* Listen to the 13th track, the one with the title drop, on What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World, and you'll hear the narrator simultaneously grateful for his own life and somberly reflecting on a faraway tragedy. Then realize that the title is "12/17/12," and remember what happened on that date...
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* Listen to the 13th track, the one with the title drop, on What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World, and you'll hear the narrator simultaneously grateful for the small, everyday joys in his own life and somberly reflecting on a faraway tragedy. Then realize that the title is "12/17/12," and remember what happened on that date...
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* Listen to the 13th track, the one with the title drop, on What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World, and you'll hear the narrator simultaneously grateful for his own life and somberly reflecting on a faraway tragedy. Then realize that the title is "12/17/12," and remember what happened on that date...
* Listen to the 13th track, the one with the title drop, on What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World, and you'll hear the narrator simultaneously grateful for his own life and somberly reflecting on a faraway tragedy. Then realize that the title is "12/17/12," and remember what happened on that date...
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