Two Headed Boy Pt. 2 - Backstory

[adevejian]

Hi all,
I'm trying to figure out if Two Headed Boy Pt. 2 has anything to do with Anne Frank and the war ... or just something else.

?

[adevejian]

Hi all,
I'm trying to figure out if Two Headed Boy Pt. 2 has anything to do with Anne Frank and the war ... or just something else.

?

[adevejian]

Hi all,
I'm trying to figure out if Two Headed Boy Pt. 2 has anything to do with Anne Frank and the war ... or just something else.

?

[the_cutout]

Originally posted by adevejian
Hi all,
I'm trying to figure out if Two Headed Boy Pt. 2 has anything to do with Anne Frank and the war ... or just something else.

?
on the Live at Jittery Joe's album, he says he wrote this song because he was dreaming/obsessing over this family from the holocaust and more importantly, the father.

Which means, it's basically about Otto(sp?) Frank

[the_cutout]

Originally posted by adevejian
Hi all,
I'm trying to figure out if Two Headed Boy Pt. 2 has anything to do with Anne Frank and the war ... or just something else.

?
on the Live at Jittery Joe's album, he says he wrote this song because he was dreaming/obsessing over this family from the holocaust and more importantly, the father.

Which means, it's basically about Otto(sp?) Frank

[the_cutout]

Originally posted by adevejian
Hi all,
I'm trying to figure out if Two Headed Boy Pt. 2 has anything to do with Anne Frank and the war ... or just something else.

?
on the Live at Jittery Joe's album, he says he wrote this song because he was dreaming/obsessing over this family from the holocaust and more importantly, the father.

Which means, it's basically about Otto(sp?) Frank

[Lusitania]

Well, he mentions that it is a family from the 1940s in Europe, and we know that many of his songs are influenced by Anne Frank, so it's certainly tied to that. I believe that the family in his head, however, is a fictional one based on the Anne Frank story, and furthermore, that this is only one of the many influences for the song. He's also mentioned that the entirety of Aeroplane is intensely personal, so I'd guess that it is more the interpretation of his own life through the relation with this fictional family, incorporating the Anne Frank story among others.

[Lusitania]

Well, he mentions that it is a family from the 1940s in Europe, and we know that many of his songs are influenced by Anne Frank, so it's certainly tied to that. I believe that the family in his head, however, is a fictional one based on the Anne Frank story, and furthermore, that this is only one of the many influences for the song. He's also mentioned that the entirety of Aeroplane is intensely personal, so I'd guess that it is more the interpretation of his own life through the relation with this fictional family, incorporating the Anne Frank story among others.

[Lusitania]

Well, he mentions that it is a family from the 1940s in Europe, and we know that many of his songs are influenced by Anne Frank, so it's certainly tied to that. I believe that the family in his head, however, is a fictional one based on the Anne Frank story, and furthermore, that this is only one of the many influences for the song. He's also mentioned that the entirety of Aeroplane is intensely personal, so I'd guess that it is more the interpretation of his own life through the relation with this fictional family, incorporating the Anne Frank story among others.

[adevejian]

Awesome. Thanks so much for the info

[adevejian]

Awesome. Thanks so much for the info

[adevejian]

Awesome. Thanks so much for the info

[curdledchaos]

well I posted this entire thing before anyway this is what I get from the song;

I've always thought of this song as a story about a family that lost the father figure. All that is left are two young boys and a mother. The boys handle it in different ways [One becoming emotionally detached and angry at his late father, the other sentimental and unable to cope with both theloss of his dad, and now the abstract loss of his brother]. The song is in the view of the sentimental boy.

My favorite line is 'How he'd love to find your tongue in his teeth', referring to the fact that the angrier child wants the arguments with his father that other boys his age spend so much time complaining about.

The wings line [Blister please with those wings in your spine] refers to the fact that the boy wants his dad to feel the pain in Heaven that the boy is feeling still trapped in this tragedy. I think spines are just a pretty poetic thing, the central part of every person, connecting the body to the brain, and that's why NMH concentrates on 'em so much.

And the last part is talking about the boys' mom. It states that she'll take care of them, bringing them up to be both loved and strong men ["Shewill feed you tomatoes and radio wires" referring to both a motherly and fatherly upbringing.] The part that hit me the strongest was 'But don't hate her when she gets up to leave' which is referring to when she dies, the boys shouldn't react the same way as they did to their father's death [With a hatred of sorts] but rather accepting and caring.

The title implies that there are two boys raised the same way and very alike are treating the same situation differently, giving them one body but two heads, metaphorically.

[curdledchaos]

well I posted this entire thing before anyway this is what I get from the song;

I've always thought of this song as a story about a family that lost the father figure. All that is left are two young boys and a mother. The boys handle it in different ways [One becoming emotionally detached and angry at his late father, the other sentimental and unable to cope with both theloss of his dad, and now the abstract loss of his brother]. The song is in the view of the sentimental boy.

My favorite line is 'How he'd love to find your tongue in his teeth', referring to the fact that the angrier child wants the arguments with his father that other boys his age spend so much time complaining about.

The wings line [Blister please with those wings in your spine] refers to the fact that the boy wants his dad to feel the pain in Heaven that the boy is feeling still trapped in this tragedy. I think spines are just a pretty poetic thing, the central part of every person, connecting the body to the brain, and that's why NMH concentrates on 'em so much.

And the last part is talking about the boys' mom. It states that she'll take care of them, bringing them up to be both loved and strong men ["Shewill feed you tomatoes and radio wires" referring to both a motherly and fatherly upbringing.] The part that hit me the strongest was 'But don't hate her when she gets up to leave' which is referring to when she dies, the boys shouldn't react the same way as they did to their father's death [With a hatred of sorts] but rather accepting and caring.

The title implies that there are two boys raised the same way and very alike are treating the same situation differently, giving them one body but two heads, metaphorically.

[curdledchaos]

well I posted this entire thing before anyway this is what I get from the song;

I've always thought of this song as a story about a family that lost the father figure. All that is left are two young boys and a mother. The boys handle it in different ways [One becoming emotionally detached and angry at his late father, the other sentimental and unable to cope with both theloss of his dad, and now the abstract loss of his brother]. The song is in the view of the sentimental boy.

My favorite line is 'How he'd love to find your tongue in his teeth', referring to the fact that the angrier child wants the arguments with his father that other boys his age spend so much time complaining about.

The wings line [Blister please with those wings in your spine] refers to the fact that the boy wants his dad to feel the pain in Heaven that the boy is feeling still trapped in this tragedy. I think spines are just a pretty poetic thing, the central part of every person, connecting the body to the brain, and that's why NMH concentrates on 'em so much.

And the last part is talking about the boys' mom. It states that she'll take care of them, bringing them up to be both loved and strong men ["Shewill feed you tomatoes and radio wires" referring to both a motherly and fatherly upbringing.] The part that hit me the strongest was 'But don't hate her when she gets up to leave' which is referring to when she dies, the boys shouldn't react the same way as they did to their father's death [With a hatred of sorts] but rather accepting and caring.

The title implies that there are two boys raised the same way and very alike are treating the same situation differently, giving them one body but two heads, metaphorically.

[adevejian]

I can see what you mean with all that you posted and i appreciate it curdledchaos. I know that (through reading Mangum interviews) not all of Aeroplane is about Anne Frank; as the rest is based on more personal, introspective themes. That's why I was wondering about Two Headed Boy Pt. 2 because it doesn't cite anything (maybe it does abstractly?) about Anne Frank, WWII, etc. in the lyrics unless maybe the last four lines? Here are the lyrics:

Two Headed Boy Pt. 2

Daddy please hear this song that I sing
In your heart there's a spark that just screams
For a lover to bring a child to your chest that could lay as you sleep
And love all you have left like your boy used to be
Long ago wrapped in sheets warm and wet

Blister please with those wings in your spine
Love to be with a brother of mine
How he'd love to find your tongue in his teeth
In a struggle to find secret songs that you keep wrapped in boxes so tight
Sounding only at night as you sleep

Brother see we are one in the same
And you left with your head filled with flames
And you watched as your brains fell out through your teeth
Push the pieces in place
Make your smile sweet to see
Don't you take this away
I'm still wanting my face on your cheek

And when we break we'll wait for our miracle
God is a place where some holy spectacle lies
And when we break we'll wait for our miracle
God is a place you will wait for the rest of your life

Two headed boy she is all you could need
She will feed you tomatoes and radio wires
And retire to sheets safe and clean
But don't hate her when she gets up to leave

[adevejian]

I can see what you mean with all that you posted and i appreciate it curdledchaos. I know that (through reading Mangum interviews) not all of Aeroplane is about Anne Frank; as the rest is based on more personal, introspective themes. That's why I was wondering about Two Headed Boy Pt. 2 because it doesn't cite anything (maybe it does abstractly?) about Anne Frank, WWII, etc. in the lyrics unless maybe the last four lines? Here are the lyrics:

Two Headed Boy Pt. 2

Daddy please hear this song that I sing
In your heart there's a spark that just screams
For a lover to bring a child to your chest that could lay as you sleep
And love all you have left like your boy used to be
Long ago wrapped in sheets warm and wet

Blister please with those wings in your spine
Love to be with a brother of mine
How he'd love to find your tongue in his teeth
In a struggle to find secret songs that you keep wrapped in boxes so tight
Sounding only at night as you sleep

Brother see we are one in the same
And you left with your head filled with flames
And you watched as your brains fell out through your teeth
Push the pieces in place
Make your smile sweet to see
Don't you take this away
I'm still wanting my face on your cheek

And when we break we'll wait for our miracle
God is a place where some holy spectacle lies
And when we break we'll wait for our miracle
God is a place you will wait for the rest of your life

Two headed boy she is all you could need
She will feed you tomatoes and radio wires
And retire to sheets safe and clean
But don't hate her when she gets up to leave

[adevejian]

I can see what you mean with all that you posted and i appreciate it curdledchaos. I know that (through reading Mangum interviews) not all of Aeroplane is about Anne Frank; as the rest is based on more personal, introspective themes. That's why I was wondering about Two Headed Boy Pt. 2 because it doesn't cite anything (maybe it does abstractly?) about Anne Frank, WWII, etc. in the lyrics unless maybe the last four lines? Here are the lyrics:

Two Headed Boy Pt. 2

Daddy please hear this song that I sing
In your heart there's a spark that just screams
For a lover to bring a child to your chest that could lay as you sleep
And love all you have left like your boy used to be
Long ago wrapped in sheets warm and wet

Blister please with those wings in your spine
Love to be with a brother of mine
How he'd love to find your tongue in his teeth
In a struggle to find secret songs that you keep wrapped in boxes so tight
Sounding only at night as you sleep

Brother see we are one in the same
And you left with your head filled with flames
And you watched as your brains fell out through your teeth
Push the pieces in place
Make your smile sweet to see
Don't you take this away
I'm still wanting my face on your cheek

And when we break we'll wait for our miracle
God is a place where some holy spectacle lies
And when we break we'll wait for our miracle
God is a place you will wait for the rest of your life

Two headed boy she is all you could need
She will feed you tomatoes and radio wires
And retire to sheets safe and clean
But don't hate her when she gets up to leave

[FreedomFoundry]

Is the third stanza about a suicide by a gun in the mouth?

[FreedomFoundry]

Is the third stanza about a suicide by a gun in the mouth?

[FreedomFoundry]

Is the third stanza about a suicide by a gun in the mouth?

[Lusitania]

Originally posted by FreedomFoundry
Is the third stanza about a suicide by a gun in the mouth?

well, saying anything is definitely about something is generally not fair and never totally correct, but basically, yeah, it is.

[Lusitania]

Originally posted by FreedomFoundry
Is the third stanza about a suicide by a gun in the mouth?

well, saying anything is definitely about something is generally not fair and never totally correct, but basically, yeah, it is.

[Lusitania]

Originally posted by FreedomFoundry
Is the third stanza about a suicide by a gun in the mouth?

well, saying anything is definitely about something is generally not fair and never totally correct, but basically, yeah, it is.