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Ok, so ya’ll remember Harpy Hare right? And you know that technically is a nursery rhyme to teach Meadowlarks children about never disobeying deities, right? Well, if the answer was yes, I bet you all remember when we theorised it was a song about Cole’s mother, since the title and the kids mask, the fact that the children’s surnames weren’t out yet etc.
Yet after Songs of Origins (Birdcage Blue and yellow specifically), I started to think: “What if it was about Clemmie instead? The hyperprotective figure, the wanting of freedom by the singer, the overall setting the songs take place in…”
As you can imagine, my theory was quickly dismissed by my own brain, because of two reasons:
1 The reason I said above (real meaning of the song)
2 The overall rhythm of the songs, one being quick and lively, the other being slow and almost a solemn requiem. 3 If the song was really linked to the character, we probably would have heard bells ringing, like in Neath the Grove and, obviously, Clemmies song of origin.
This leaves me with another big question mark. What about And the Hound? Maybe is another song about not disobeying the mighty, yet the bells at the end makes me a bit unsure… the protagonist seemed pretty innocent as depicted in the song, so it would be unlikely they angered the Deities on purpose.
What about you? What do you think about it and what are your theories?