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Artichoke Hearts

from Husks by The Urbane Decay

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The lyric of this song some caused most of my friends to chuckle and I can't blame them. Without the knowledge of the deep personal significance of artichoke hearts to my relationship, it just seems silly and absurdist. Basically, she liked artichoke hearts on pizza, I didn't and that became what they call an "issue".

Of course, our issues were something else, but we were too young and too unself-aware to understand small disparities in personal preferences wasn't what was killing our relationship—the fact we fundamentally disliked each other was. That and our apartment had a silverfish infestation. Oh, and she was sleeping with our roommate and some other guys.

Anyway, my friends were right—the metaphor is ridiculously forced (doesn't mean the song doesn't still make me tear up a little).

lyrics

You fade by degrees
All I've left are these
Brown pickled parts
Like artichoke hearts
Your smile is wilted down
You wear a gilded frown
The unraveling starts
Like artichoke hearts

I couldn't quite place
The difference in your face
Then I noticed your eyes
Were quiet as stone
Your eyes which shimmered
like a school of silverfish
Are quiet as stone

You fade by degrees
All I've left are these
Brown pickled parts
Like artichoke hearts

You're quiet as stone
And rigid as bone
The unraveling starts
Like artichoke hearts

You fade by degrees...

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from Husks, released November 30, 2002

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The Urbane Decay Toronto, Ontario

The Urbane Decay was an indie pop recording project mainly active between 2002-2010, mainly by Jakob Rehlinger, mainly maudlin and mopey.

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