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My interpretation of the cave is that the speaker is that they are getting out of a relationship that was detrimental to their wellbeing. And now they are trying to change while still being kind to the person they left and helping them be better but not going back to them.

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I think The Cave is about overcoming struggles and emerging as a better person due to past experiences. I believe the author uses the cave to represent a bad place or time in life. One piece of evidence that supports my claim is, "And I'll find strength in pain and I will change my ways I'll know my name as its called again." These lines represent overcoming difficulties and persevering through the pain and hardships. Also Mumford and sons uses the line, "I will change my ways" to show us that the speaker is trying to become a better person after making mistakes. This could also represent changing your actions so they don't end up in the cave again, which results in them becoming a better person overall.

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In "The Cave", the speaker is addressing the Bible in an attempt to save someone in Christ who is falling to sin and shows expressions of darkness and loneliness throughout the song.

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I believe that the stairway to heaven is about a narrator, who we follow as he describes a girl who is "Shopping for a stairway to heaven." I believe that this means she could be searching for a way to remove past sins, and the narrator later describes the events that would happen, and how he would find out what happened to her. after the story.

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Stairway to Heaven Interpretation- Trey Shea

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Stairway to Heaven Interpretation- Trey Shea

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The speaker is talking about a lady who has to essentially "buy" her way to heaven. The song shows that the only way to buy your way to heaven is by status or how well you contributed to the world.

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I believe that Mumford is talking about how he is done being told how he should be and wants to write music his own way.

Shay Kidwell

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Stairway to Heaven is a song written about a woman who comes across materialistic claiming that "everything that glitters is gold" and how she's going to buy her stairway to heaven. The whole song is almost like a call out to this Materialistic lady telling her about another, better path to take, the natural path, about songbirds that sings and your thoughts are forgiven and forests that echo with laughter. Summed up, Materialistic things dont matter you should live a beautiful natural life to achive that 'Stairway to Heaven'.

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My interpretation of the cave is that the speaker is moses, and his claim to the pharaoh of egypt his brother to release the hebrews/slaves.

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My interpretation to The Cave is that the author is singing about hardships and struggles in life, and why it's important to keep hope and keep getting through it. The cave symbolizes the hard times and struggles throughout life, and we know the author tries to stay positive about the hardships because the lyrics are, "But I Will hold on hope, And I won't let you choke, On the noose around your neck, And I'll find strength in pain." Another part of the lyrics are, "I will not hear what you have to say, Cause I need freedom Now, And I need to know how, To live my life as it's meant to be." These show that even though the author is going through a hardship, likely a breakup, they still try to keep strength and hope. The speaker also decides that he's not going to live his life how others want him to anymore, and he's going to start living more freely and how he wants to live it. The speaker is just trying to move on from the past and keep a positive mindset to try and live a more problem free life.

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My interpretation to the cave is that it's about self-discovery which shows the process of confronting challenges, and embracing change. All of this is shown through the lyrics, "Cause I need freedom now and I need to know how To live my life as it's meant to be" This shows how they desire freedom, living a meaningful and fulfilling life as they want. "So come out of your cave walking on your hands and see the world hanging upside down" this shows them embracing change and seeing the world in a different perspective.

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My interpretation of the Cave is that the speaker is saying your looking at the world upside down, and when you do the complete opposite of what others told you to do.

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I interpreted The Cave to be about the speaker who is in a bad relationship where he might be being used for something "you can understand dependence" meaning the person being sung about probably doesn't understand how dependent they are on the speaker for things. The song is also about the singer wanting to stay, evidence of this is "so tie me to a post and block my ears". This references the Odyssey when Odysseus is tied up to a post and everyone else is covering their ears to resist the siren. Finally, the singer ends up leaving the other person and is able to resist the temptation of wanting to stay "So make your siren's call ... cause I need freedom now ...". The siren's call is the other person trying to tempt the singer back while he's able to resist the temptation and tell the other person they will no longer be listening to them. By doing that the singer is able to break free from the other person and from the relationship.

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"Stairway to Heaven" is a commentary on the true purpose of religion, and how some people will distort the path to reach heaven. It opens the song talking about a lady who is buying her way to heaven, but when she gets there she sees a sign that tells her she has taken the wrong path. Instead of listening to the sign she questions it because, "sometimes words have two meanings." Later in the song we get a hint of what might have been on the sign when it says, "Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow, and did you know Your stairway lies on the whispering wind?" This line explains the wrongness of her path to heaven as it says the true stairway lines on the "whispering wind" something that is fickle and difficult to catch, not something you can buy. The song also comments somewhat sarcastically on the true purpose of religion with the line, "And it's whispered that soon, if we all call the tune Then the piper will lead us to reason and a new day will dawn, for those who stand long." The song takes a sarcastic tone here when describing one the most common statements told to followers of Christianity, hinting towards the authors somewhat feelings of disdain towards religion.

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In the Cave, the speaker is talking about getting out of a bad thing. Someone took a part of them and they know they need to leave and get their freedom back.

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my interpretation of the cave is the story is the story telling is trying to get out of a relationship that they can no longer be in and him trying to be a better person "I'll find strength in pain" - this is evidence of him being in pain and trying to be better

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The Speaker is talking about your faults, your shame, they address their own broken mind. It seems to be talking about how you can heal from wounds/find strength in pain.

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in the song the cave the speaker is directly addressing the idea that a person has nothing left to take from them and there hopeful for what is to come.

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My interpretation of the cave is the speaker is talking about a friend who was a bad person, he wants to change and become a better person and move on from him and be free.

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My analysis of The Cave may be a little far fetched. But, the part of a song when it talks of, "And therefore, come out of the cave by walking on your hands and see the world hanging upside down" refers to the man who went into the cave and came out of it totally different and he has become almost like a person who was dead. So, this episode in the cave made Plato so convinced in the truth of attracting things instead of chasing them. He also thinks that he is walking on his hands, which represents his renouncement of the world and how he places the cave experience higher than others. The cave serves such a sort of convincing force on his spiritual journey that most of them think it makes reference to a particular yet internal religion.

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My interpretation of this song is that the author seems to be in a relationship that didn't end up going well but, through it the speaker seems to have not given up on them at first but then realizing that he has, "other things to fill my time". As the song goes on he states, "And sing all you want I will not hear what you have to say". This shows that he has seemed to have given up on them and he doesn't care what his partner had to say since he says that he needs his freedom now.

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Stairway to heaven tells the story of a woman who is given two paths(2 choices) but ultimately chooses to take the shortcut. But the speaker tells of another path, one where you take the long way and choose to enjoy life and the beauty of it and that you can choose your own path, and you don’t have to just take the long path.

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In 'The Cave' by Mumford and sons the speaker is trying to relay a message of finding your self and coming out of the cave of 'self comfort'. In the first stanza Mumford talks about "as you walk away from all the fears and all the facts you've left behind". He also says in the middle of the song "And see the world hanging upside down you can understand dependence" These two parts of the song are talking about how there is a person that is walking away from where they were stuck and are trying to find "dependence" and leave all the "Faults and Fears" behind.

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In the “Stairway to Heaven”, the speaker is addressing a woman who was given two paths to take, she took the easier golden shortcut showing your decision is in your own hands.

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In "The Cave" the speaker is addressing how the subject is aware of surrounding negatives that are impacting him in the world, but they're not going to let these things ruin the life and chances for themselves. "And I will hold on hope... I'll know my name as its called again."

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In "The Cave" Mumford and Sons are trying to say even through hard times always pursue and try and get through these hard times. They talk about How everything's bad, "But I will hold on Hope"

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I believe that the cave is being sung by a farmer due to the line "The harvest left you no food to eat" and the word "Harvest" is commonly used by farmers

and I also believe that this farmer is speaking to an animal or perhaps multiple animals due to the lines "You cannibal, you meat-eater" and "So come out of your cave walking on your hands" and "and see the world hanging upside-down" which all describe a carnivore or a bat or even a bear

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In " Stairway to Heaven", the speaker is addressing society with a message about how people are to entitled and greedy and will just try to buy everything.

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My interpretation of the Cave is that many people will tell you what path to take but you don't always have to listen or follow through. In the past, the speaker would always do what someone else told them to do because they felt bad, or like they needed to protect them.

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"The Cave" is about finding yourself and staying strong when life gets tough. The song talks about facing fears and not giving up hope. It encourages listeners to keep going, no matter what happens. The speaker is the singer of the band. He is sharing his personal experiences and offering encouragement to listeners who may be going through similar problems.

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The Cave is a song that implicates depression while also connecting it to the Odyssey by ignoring the siren's calls and finding strength instead to help them get out of this depressive state.

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Stairway to Heaven Interpretation - Jack Mortimer

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Stairway to Heaven Interpretation - Jack Mortimer

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In "Stairway to heaven", the speaker is addressing society with a message about Greed and entitlement and how people believe that they can just buy their way to good things.

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I believe that the speaker is talking about how the lady has to be viewed as a certain way to be able to go the "stairway to heaven". In the text it says "with a word she can get what she came for" to me this means that when she acts a certain way to please somebody it's her being viewed a certain way to get what she wants. So this is how this evidence relates back to the meaning.

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In "The Cave" by Mumford and Sons, I believe that the song is about getting through one's hardships. The first two verses the speaker is acknowledging this person's struggles and the pain they're going through. "The harvest left no food for you to eat. You cannibal, you meat-eater," and how even through those difficulties they continue to attempt to find their inner peace.

"I will not hear what you have to say... because I need freedom now and I need to know how, to live my life as its meant to be." I think this quote illustrates how maintaining hope and optimism will pull you through even the darkest times. A big part of how the cave presents overcoming hard times is through its numerous religious allusions, "So tie me to a post and block my ears." This being a references to Homer's Greek epic, 'Odyssey' where a man named Odysseus came amongst sirens, the rest of the sailors filled their ears with wax as Odysseus ordered them to tie him to the post because he wanted to hear the Sirens’ song. The sirens call is representative of something that is very tempting but has bad consequences which could add onto the hardships because it is hard to ignore temptation especially if it seems like it would help your life/situation.

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Stairway to Heaven is a reflection on the pursuit of wealth and materialism. The song suggests a desire to achieve a higher status or reach a place of ultimate fulfillment, represented by heaven. This song critiques those who prioritize material possessions over spiritual growth.

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In "Stairway to Heaven", the speaker is saying that people are greedy and that they will take anything and everything.