CSI: Beautiful Childlike Victims Unit

[brad975]

While acknowledging that "All the Beautiful Worlds" is a good song (which turned out in final form much better than I'd dared to hope for), the chorus with "calm, beautiful, childlike victim" is not what I want stuck in my head. And it is! And it's a bit of a bummer.

I don't imagine Stevie singing about herself as a victim. So is that in reference to the romantic partner instead? What's your interpretation?

[desertangel]

Stevie poignantly talks about this lyric in the youtube commentary of this song. Got kinda choked up hearing her talk about the dark place and how we all are childlike victims at one point or another in this life. Love her vocal styling on it.

[blinker12]

LOL - great thread title!!