Your Reply
Frances Quinlan * Track #2 On Likewise
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“Your Reply,” the third preview of Likewise, was inspired by loving annotations found in a copy of the novel Closely Watched Trains, a harrowing tale of Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia written by Bohumil Hrabal.
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[Verse 1]
Somebody wrote "tender" in the novel's margins
As if to remind about a precious force
In the next paragraph, the protagonist
Sat down on the belly of a dead horse
The author I read fell from a window many stories high
Stretching out to feed pigeons or a stray cat depending on the website
[Chorus]
Whether or not I have or was given a little more time
There just doesn't seem to be much room for a reply
And it's possible it only belongs where it happened, fine
According to John, fear softens into doubt
To what do I cling and think is mine? No reply
[Verse 2]
"Think the last time I came up this way I was younger"
Said your aunt, isn't it a good line?
We found the garden abandoned
And that night became dark over chicken and wine
Documentarians tossing lemmings stunned over the edge
Wartime juveniles shot and martyred for the crime of stealing eggs
Dinner, by the way, was divine
I drank the last of the coffee waiting for you to rise
[Chorus]
Whether or not I have or was given a little more time
There just doesn't seem to be much room for a reply
And it's possible it only belongs where it happened, fine
According to John, fear softens into doubt
To what do I cling and think is—
Whether or not I have or was given a little more time
There just doesn't seem to be much room for your reply
And it's possible it only belongs where it happened, fine
According to John, fear softens into doubt
To what do I cling and think is mine? No reply
[Outro]
Reply, no
Your Reply Q&A
Who wrote Your Reply's ?
Your Reply was written by Frances Quinlan.
Who produced Your Reply's ?
Your Reply was produced by Frances Quinlan & Joe Reinhart.
When did Frances Quinlan release Your Reply?
Frances Quinlan released Your Reply on Fri Jan 10 2020.
What did Frances Quinlan say about "Your Reply"?
There can be a one-sidedness to even the most loving and rewarding relationships. We will always have a part of ourselves we can’t or don’t know how to share. There are so many risks involved. Regardless, I think of this song as celebratory. If anything, the speaker is frustrated at coming so close...