Roslyn Lyrics - The mystical power of film score…

A huge fan of the Twilight series by reverse osmosis (my daughter has seen and owns every book movie, soundtrack and endless posters…) I often fall asleep to the tunes of the film. Working people know how it is, you start out with good intentions of making it to your favorite part then about a third of the way in… zzzZZZ! Well about a third of the way into Twilight New Moon, there is a scene right when Edward is deciding to leave Bella and the song Roslyn by Bon Iver & St. Vincent plays. Since my DVD player repeats the movie, depending on the day, it’s like my snooze button and alarm clock at the same time. So I decided to put it on my iPod to help me fall asleep.

Now it’s a great song, melodic, smooth, ethereal but as I lay there basking in its highly elevated sleep properties…  I realized I couldn’t make out what the F@$% they were saying. Take a listen on YouTube. With all the reverberation, hollowed out echoes that layer on top of each other they totally F@$%  my mind up. So to help out music lovers who worry what subliminal message are seeping into their minds while they are asleep and the many many Twilight fans, here are the simple and awesome lyrics to…

Roslyn:

up with your turret, aren't we just terrified?
shale, screen your worry, from what you won't ever find
don't let it fool you, don't let it fool you… down
down sitting round, folds in the gown

sea and the rock below, cocked to the undertow
bones, blood and teeth erode, with every crashing node
wings wouldn't help you, wings wouldn't help you down
down fills the ground, gravity’s proud

you barely are blinking, wagging your face around
when'd this just become a mortal home? No…
won't, won't, won't, won't, won't let you talk me...
won't let you talk me down
we'll pull it taut, nothing let out.

And that’s it. So… nothing to be worried about… It’s a song of  building a man building a wall around themselves in fear, thinking it can protect them from pain and sorrow. As the woman who loves him sits waiting, thinking of him and thinking about how bent he is on his decision, as the snow falls. When she sees him he’s weary, lost the joy in life, and her wish to bring him back. It’s actually quite beautiful.

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