Artist: Bon Iver
Track: Wisconsin
Lyrics
You ride in the park and you're peaking
Piss pools in your seat
Shes standing inside but you surely repeat
Oh God don't leave me here
I will freeze till the end
Love is loves reprieve
Winter is coming and you're stuck here
Oh and so is she
Now when the wind blows you cover your teeth
I told you to shed away and trade in your blues
Love is loves sad news
That was Wisconsin that was yesterday
Now I have nothing that I can keep
Cause every place I go I take another place with me
Love is loves mystique
You're up on the bar and your shaking
With every grimy word
Who will love
Whats love when you've hurt
You wonder as you see the snow kissed the curb
Love is loves return
That was Wisconsin that was yesterday
Now I have nothing that I can keep
Cause every place I go I take another place with me
Love is loves critique
Full Lyrics and Meaning
SongMeanings Interpretations
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Bon Iver - Wisconsin Lyrics
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In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control ...
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Bon Iver Lyrics, Songs, Albums And More
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Bon Iver. Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Folk Pop · 648 Followers. Justin Vernon began recording under the nom de band Bon Iver following ...
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Bon Iver - Brackett, WI Lyrics
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Having grown up just outside of Brackett, WI (Wisconsin for those that don't know) Brackett is a tiny town that you can actually hold your breath longer than it ...
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Bon Iver - Minnesota, WI Lyrics
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... Bon Iver songs, it's not necessarily what the words themselves mean. ... However many of the Hmong that currently reside in the US (Minnesota and Wisconsin) are ...
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Bon Iver - A Song for a Lover of Long Ago Lyrics
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Ring on the bar. Clinging water mark. It hints at what I had. And calls up what I can't. Wring you out of me. Shake the memory free
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Bon Iver - Towers Lyrics
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For the love, I'd fallen on. In the swampy August dawn. What a mischief you would bring, young darling. When the onus is not all your own
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Bon Iver - Hinnom, TX Lyrics
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... Wisconsin and make something of yourself (I should know - I grew up in Walworth County). Bon Iver is fronted by Justin Vernon, a proud Wisconsinite. La ...
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Bon Iver - Michicant Lyrics
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(It's cold here in Wisconsin. When it's frigid and blustery, your eyes start ... I saw Bon Iver live recently, and before playing this song, Justin Vernon ...
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Bon Iver - Lump Sum Lyrics
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Okay, I think I've got all the metaphors down. · I think it's about his retreat he took to his cabin in Wisconsin when he wrote this album. · I think "cold knot" ...
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Bon Iver - Creature Fear Lyrics
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I think it is more simple. He lived in a wood cabin in Wisconsin for three months. He got scared of the wild animals.
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Bon Iver - Hey, Ma Lyrics
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The lyrics do reference light and dark a few times, as in the darkness of a coal mine and the darkness/light of dusk and dawn. My best guess is that the ...
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Bon Iver - For Emma Lyrics
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I'm from Wisconsin and in winter there are many sunny days with lots of snow. Maybe the other parts have an existential meaning, but many times songwriters ...
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Genius Meanings
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Bon Iver – Wisconsin
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Although this song wasn’t on the original release, it remained as a bonus track on iTunes. Accompanied by the simplicity of a muted guitar, Wisconsin perpetuates the solemness of
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Bon Iver – Minnesota, WI
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Whilst sharing similarities to the title of the unreleased “Hayward, WI”, the nature and purpose of the track diverges radically.
Minnesota, WI touches on the experiences of the
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Bon Iver – Holocene
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Regarding “Holocene”, Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon told NPR:
Holocene is a bar in Portland, Ore., but it’s also the name of a geologic era, an epoch if you will. It’s a good example
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Bon Iver – Blindsided
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The intertwining bass-drum note in “Blindsided” gives the song a suspenseful rising towards a climax, which come in waves as the five-minute track plays out.
Justin Vernon said at
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Bon Iver – Brackett, WI
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Brackett, Wisconsin is just the name of an unincorporated town 10 miles from Eau Claire, where Justin Vernon lives and grew up in. He went to elementary school in Brackett, though
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Bon Iver – Wash.
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[Verse 1] / Climb / Is all we know / When thaw / Is not below us / No, can't grow up / In that iron ground / Claire, all too sore for sound / [Verse 2] / Bet / Is hardly shown
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Bon Iver – Hayward, WI
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“Hayward, WI” is an unreleased track from Bon Iver’s For Emma, Forever Ago sessions. The album was recorded in 2006 and 2007, though given the naming structure, it is likely that
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Bon Iver – 715 - CRΣΣKS
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“715 – CRΣΣKS” focuses on the love of another person, the love of god, and a loss of faith.
The number in the title – 715 – is the Area Code of Central/North Wisconsin, which
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Bon Iver – Re: Stacks
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“Re: Stacks” laments love frozen in the ground.
When asked about the purpose of “Re” in the song title, Justin Vernon replied:
It’s ‘Regarding.’ People use it in letters and
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Bon Iver – Skinny Love
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Released as the first single from For Emma, Forever Ago, “Skinny Love” is a song about a failed relationship and the regret that stems from it.
The term “skinny love” has two
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Bon Iver – Lump Sum
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[Verse 1] / Sold my cold knot / A heavy stone / Sold my red horse for a venture home / To vanish on the bow / Settling slow / Fit it all, fit it in the doldrums / Or so the story
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Bon Iver – Creature Fear
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In the discursive coda of Creature Fear Bon Iver whittles the song down to a single repeated syllable– “fa.” Rarely does folk, indie or otherwise– give so much over to ambience.
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Bon Iver – Flume
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“Flume” has an eerily interiorized sound, which matches his unsettling similes. “Lump Sum” begins with a choir of Vernons echoing cavernously, which, along with that rhythmically
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Bon Iver – The Wolves (Act I and II)
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Perhaps the most lyrically direct song on the album. It is also the most musically elaborate. It features auto-tune, densely multi-tracked vocals and significant use of percussion
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Bon Iver – Woods
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Bon Iver’s “Woods” is a paragraph of verse repeated 11 times. The verse could be reciting an abbreviated version of how For Emma, Forever Ago, Bon Iver’s debut album, was created
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Bon Iver – Team
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“Team” is a whistle-led interlude that transitions from “Creature Fear” to “For Emma.”
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Bon Iver – 29 #Strafford APTS
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“29 #Strafford APTS” is the fifth track on Bon Iver’s third album, 22, A Million. The track was first performed at Eaux Claires 2016.
Vernon is accompanied on the vocals by Bon
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Bon Iver – 00000 Million
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The closer for Bon Iver’s 22, A Million. It was premiered live on August 12th, 2016 at Eaux Claires music festival. The attendees were all given a small hymnal-like booklet with
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Bon Iver – 8 (circle)
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“8 (circle)” sticks to the numerical theme throughout 22, A Million, referencing the fact that it is the eighth song on the album, and how the number “8” consists of two circles.
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Bon Iver – Haven, Mass
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In early February 2016, early ticket purchasers of the upcoming summer’s Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival were sent a Deux cassette mixtape, including this Bon Iver B-Side, “
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Bon Iver – For Emma
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Boston-based musicians John DeHaven and Randy Pingrey add horns to “For Emma”; surprisingly, their company doesn’t break the album’s spell of isolation, but rather strengthens it
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Bon Iver – 666 ʇ
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Pronounced “666 (upsidedowncross),” “666 ʇ” is, appropriately, the sixth track on Bon Iver’s third album, 22, A Million. It contains an electro beat, warm guitar riffs, and
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SongFacts
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For Emma by Bon Iver - Songfacts
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We by Bon Iver song meaning, lyric interpretation, video and chart position
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Exile by Taylor Swift (featuring Bon Iver) - Songfacts
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SongTell Meaning
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Meaning of "Wisconsin" by Bon Iver
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"Wisconsin" by Bon Iver explores themes of longing, nostalgia, and the complex nature of love. The lyrics depict a sense of displacement and the struggle t...
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Meaning of "Minnesota, WI" by Bon Iver
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"Minnesota, WI" by Bon Iver explores themes of identity, change, and resilience. The song depicts a transformative journey, as the protagonist navigates th...
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Meaning of "Brackett, WI" by Bon Iver
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"Brackett, WI" by Bon Iver is a song that explores themes of nostalgia, resilience, and the complexities of love. The lyrics create a sense of reflection a...
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Genius Albums
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For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver
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For Emma, Forever Ago is the debut studio album by American indie folk band Bon Iver. It was first self-released in July 2007, and later saw wide release on the Jagjaguwar label in
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i,i by Bon Iver
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i,i is Bon Iver’s fourth studio album. Recorded at Sonic Ranch in West Texas, and April Base in Wisconsin, the thirteen new songs on i,i complete a cycle: from the winter of For
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Genius Artists
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Bon Iver Songs
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Bon Iver has 171 songs with the most popular being Monster, exile and Hold My Liquor.
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