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The Hag Of Freeborough
Ahead To The Sea Lyrics
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She sings with crooking raven birds
Sometimes she's walking around on the graveyards of our town
Did I forget her hair is red
And she likes talking to the dead
With a table and a glass
All between earth and stars
This boy... ignores what I like most
She's got the devil deep inside oh this is what all young men like
This is... this is what young men like
Please come, mother she's alright, she just feels better in the night
She just... feels better in the night
'Cause sunlight turns her pale skin red,
"I swear to God" that's what she said
I swear... to God that's what she said
The lyrics of the song “The Hag of Freeborough” by Ahead To The Sea depict a mysterious woman who is often seen walking around the graveyards of their town. She wears ragged shirts and colored skirts and sings with crooking raven birds. The singer emphasizes the red hair of the woman and how she likes to talk to the dead using a table and a glass. The song gives the impression that this woman is not like the others and has something unique about her. However, the singer mentions that this boy ignores what he likes the most about her. The next line implies that she has the devil deep inside, and that's what young men like.
The chorus takes a bit of a different turn as the singer asks Mother Mary and the Holy Ghost to come and assures her mother that she is alright. He explains that the woman feels better in the night and sunlight turns her pale skin red, which she swears to God. The song's main theme revolves around the unique and mysterious characteristics of the woman that the singer is talking about, and the confusion or even fear that people of the town feel about her.
Line by Line Meaning
She wears ragged shirts and colored skirts
Her fashion sense incorporates a combination of old and new clothes
She sings with crooking raven birds
She harmonizes with the melancholic calls of the raven birds
Sometimes she's walking around on the graveyards of our town
At times, she strolls in the burial grounds of our town
Did I forget her hair is red
I omitted to mention her scarlet hair
And she likes talking to the dead
She enjoys conversing with the spirits of the deceased
With a table and a glass
She has a drink in one hand and a table before her
All between earth and stars
She resides in the celestial plane between the soil and the cosmos
Mother Mary, Holy Ghost, this boy Ignores what I like most
By calling on divine figures, she expresses frustration that the boy she fancies doesn't understand her desires fully
This boy... ignores what I like most
This boy disregards my most significant preferences
She's got the devil deep inside oh this is what all young men like
She has wild and untamed spirit that young men find attractive
This is... this is what young men like
This is precisely what young men crave
Please come, mother she's alright, she just feels better in the night
She seeks her mother's company to validate her nocturnal inclinations
She just... feels better in the night
She senses more comfortable and safer under the cover of darkness
'Cause sunlight turns her pale skin red,
Full-on sunlight tinges her fair complexion scarlet
"I swear to God" that's what she said
She promises honestly that what she's claiming is true
I swear... to God that's what she said
I declare under oath that she made that statement
Contributed by Mateo F. Suggest a correction in the comments below.