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Originally Posted by guitarplayer554
So whats the concept? I've listened to it alot in the past week. I get the whole Raker story part and his kids are haunting him in the end. But I'm still confused to the begining and middle part.
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I posted this in the AOTD thread about a month ago. Should help. It's my interpretation:
STORYLINE of Hazards of Love:
margaret sees wounded fawn, morphs into william, she loves william, forest queen doesnt approve, they fuck in forest, rake kidnaps margaret, brings her across a river that is tough to cross, william says if the river lets him cross, he will sacrifice himself to it upon rescuing his lady, the kids of the rake get revenge on the rake (since he murdered them), margret and william are together, but william has to die, so margaret agrees to drown with him.
ROLES:
William: Colin
Margaret: Becky Stark (of Lavender Diamond)
Forest Queen: Shara Worden (of My Brightest Diamond and former backup singer of Sufjan Stevens)
Rake: Colin
Ghost of Kids: Random Children
I think. It also says "Jim James, Robyn Hitchcock, and Rebecca Gates appear in supporting roles." But I have yet to decipher who they are or where they're at in the album.
Lastly, after many years of listening to many bands, I still think that the Decemberists may have my favorite song of all time. I cannot tell you why I think its the greatest song ever, and I know in no way should it be labeled with such distinction, but it has this sort of magical power over me that just makes me melt into nothing. No other song has made me feel this way. Anyway the song is "Shiny" of their 5 Song (EP). Check it out.