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By Pages:   1    2    3    4    Add Your New Review About The Song The Reviews about Jezebel (page 1/ 4) ------ performed by Iron & Wine * | Reviewer: Anonymous | 10/17/09 This is actually a rather deep song referencing "Jezebel" as a cultural symbol. The most popular story of Jezebel comes from both Hebrew scripture and the Bible. Jezebel is traditionally viewed as a villainous woman who turns her husband and the Hebrews away from Yahweh in favor of a pagan religion ("you're the only shape I'll pray to" refers to idolatry of their paganism). Acting in what favor of what is referred to as "divine revolution," Jehu convinces Jezebel's eunuchs to kill her by throwing her out the window and leave her to be devoured by dogs ("the window was wide, she could see the dogs come running" refers to her death). Elsewhere in the Bible, Jezebel is the name of a prophetess who is accused of inducing others to commit acts against the church. Because of these stories, "Jezebel" refers to a villainous woman. It is only in recent feminist and secular theory that both Jezebels have become symbols of blame for religious and sexist movements ("she was born to be the woman we could blame" refers to this in the case of both women). Woman King - Look in Kings 1 &2 | Reviewer: mammapalooza | 6/29/09 The song seems to be about the biblical Jezebel in Kings. Jezebel is the Phoenician queen of ancient Israel.Jezebel asks her eunuchs kill the queen mother by throwing her out of a window. They comply, tossing her out of the window and leaving her in the street to be eaten by dogs. Only Jezebel's skull, feet, and hands remained. Not really, more of a classic case. | Reviewer: Anonymous | 6/24/09 I couldn't understand why I fell in love with this song, why I fell in love with Jezebel, until I actually read these lyrics. This story isn't about an independent, autonomous woman. It's about a girl so insecure with her self-idenitity she feels uncomfortable with a loving relationship. It's really a classic case of the Nice Guy. Always witnessing the falls of his beloved, when beside her he stands. She isn't aware, or isn't comfortable with, the nice guy- who she knows will treat her right. She'd rather be with the "dogs". And yet the guy waits for the day she realizes he's been there for her all this time. Through all her mistakes, he still remains. It's all in the lyrics. My take | Reviewer: Kt | 5/25/09 When I heard this song I felt like "jezebel, it's we, we that you are for only" and "she was born to be the woman we could blame" - was set in an ironic tone, emphasising the twisted and selfish view of man. Here is a woman who is free and independent and beautiful - and for that she is deemed by society to be a "whore" She is thought of as an object of desire, she is thought of as something to be had, to be devoured. I think the writter too see's her in the same way, but also see's her objectification, and is expressing the saddness that this beautiful person being objectified and used. Worshiped, but wholly being thought of as less than an autonomous human. My view. | Reviewer: Anonymous | 5/13/09 I think what the song is saying is that Jezebel was a whore sort of woman and she kept running off and doing things she thought she "needed" to do. She wouldn't stay in one place and get to know one man. One of the men she found loved her for who she was. He found a connection to her that no one else could see, and he loved it. Of course, she couldn't stay with him, because the had the idea she had to leave and find another man. He wanted her to stay. I think the dogs represent the men chasing after her. They were hungry for her because she was I guess this hot, young woman who only wanted one thing. They were trying to tell her lies in saying they'll love her more, when really they won't. The other man who loves her wants her to see what she could be with him, but she the "dogs" keep telling her otherwise, so she stays with her old ways. This is just what I get out of the song. It might be totally wrong from what it really means. It makes sense to me, anyways. unacceptable woman | Reviewer: femme | 3/4/09 I don't really think he was insulting her... what I hear is a song about an independent woman...which (until recently) was never accepted in society...he loves her and wants her to stay close but she goes as she pleases. even today it takes a brave woman to be as such... in the end she has to pay for what are seen to be her "sins" ( the morals of men, independence )...so, in modern terms...the dogs came for her...like in the bible, sure...because we can't accept her as she is...and in the end, the man in this song can't hold on to her. there's so much you could go into here. beautiful song, and sad. dogs | Reviewer: jess | 11/28/08 its def a love song useing the story of the biblical woman who was notorious for being rebellious and known as a harlot. i agree its based on the symbol of her life and death and that we all were meant to know her. the dogs singing "wait" are the people(us)(and him) who use the story, know the story, and who were meant to hear the story about her being a harlot symbol.and it takes alot to carry that trophy. "make me a beast half as brave ide be the same" she could see the dogs out the window that she fell out of. later the dogs licked her blood. i guess u could say like the people who use her as a symbol of a whore, kindve like drinking her blood, eating her up.we love her as the evil character but we devour her at the same time. he calls her jezebel(whore) pretty much insulting her,but he looks past that symbol, and hes worships her. What I hear... | Reviewer: Azlin | 11/10/08 When I listen to this song about Jezebel I hear a story of a woman born to be a harlot. Jezebel remains the symbol of adultry in christianity, at least colloquially, to this day - to call someone a jezebel is to call them a whore. But somebody's got to be the whore. Isn't that the crux of faith taught by stories? Someone has to be the one to set the bad example and this time it was her. "You were born to be the one that we could blame." She was created to take this role. But someone loved her. The song tells you so. Someone sees her as she is - born to play a role, and sees themself as conected to her regardless. "...born to be a woman I would know. ...hold tight like the breeze...you were gone before I ever got to say, lay here my love you're the only shape I'll pray to." She's eaten by dogs, the people swear they'll love her more. They say she's only here for them, and they're right. She was here to be an example - here to be loved for her sins. We hold her so high because she was first to fall, we'll love all of you "wholly" in retrospect. You are "holy" to us now for teaching us about the darkness. the dogs ate Jezebel | Reviewer: shann | 10/21/08 Since it seems to not be known in most of the other interpretations, I will make it known that in the bible story of Jezebel she is thrown out of a window and the dogs eat her. In the bible she also symbolizes a controlling adulterous woman. I can't say this allows me to understand the lyrics, but it would be a helpful starting place considering the reference to the dogs, the chorus is certainly about them eating her. Affair | Reviewer: Anon. in MI | 9/27/08 I get the idea that this song illustrates a woman that is leading a double life and in and out of two men's lives as quickly as the breeze which cannot be held onto or grasped. Each think they are destined to be with her. I think that the dogs symbolize her constant feeling of being on the run, and her fear of the other knowing of her double life and every time she visits one lover she is risking getting caught. I think the chorus represents each lover promising to give her more hoping she will stay with them instead of leaving, and each believes that they are the only man in her life because she leads each to believe that. I think "the only shape I'll pray to" shows that he doesn't put any trust in anything else except her love. He never has control and he is left waiting for her return. Dawn being the time between evening and day, I think, symbolizes that she can't choose between either man so she stays with both-never one or the other-she just continues to lead them on. Great song. Add Your New Review About The Song By Pages:   1    2    3    4