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A “kept woman” is one who exchanges food and shelter for sexual favors. This appears to describe Anna, the object of the song. Anna being “lost, in a shadow” could mean that perhaps the narrator (Robin)? has not seen/spoken to her in a long time. Her “nameless shame” and the fact that the narrator...
[At night]
[Chorus]
Anna, you're lost in a shadow there
Cinder and smoke hanging in the air
Oh and I know you'll be
Bolder than me, I was high, I was unaware
[Verse 1]
God above saw, ever in the mind
Blue and white irises in a line
Under your nameless shame
I left you in frame, and you rose to be ossified
As a Rose of the Oceanside
[It bloomed]
Too long till the light of the morning
So unseen, as light in a dream
Too long now to the rising
Too long now to the rising
[It wilted]
[Verse 2]
Can you be slow for a little while?
Widow your soul for another mile?
I'm just the same as when
You saw me back then
And we're bound to be reconciled
We're bound to be reconciled
[It bloomed]
Too long swinging the knife
All will wash over you, in a night so unending
Not long now to the rising
Not long now to the rising
[It wilted]
[Chorus]
Anna, you're lost in the shadow there
Cinder and smoke hanging in the air
Oh and I know you'll be
Bolder than me, I was high, I was unaware
[It rose]
Kept Woman was written by Robin Pecknold.
Kept Woman was produced by Skyler Skjelset & Robin Pecknold.
Fleet Foxes released Kept Woman on Fri Jun 16 2017.