The prophecy of "I have Confidence"!
May 2, 2023 0:18:01 GMT
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Post by Chris&Byng on May 2, 2023 0:18:01 GMT
I was listening to "I have Confidence" yesterday in the car - singing along, of course - and the lyrics really hit me in new ways. I mean, I know the words, but I hadn't really thought too much about what they meant other than a young woman is going out into the world. There is so much prophecy in this song for/about Maria.
Just a few examples...
What will this day be like?
I wonder
What will my future be? (if she's going to be nun, why is this even something she is pondering?)
I wonder
What will my future be? (if she's going to be nun, why is this even something she is pondering?)
If I don't I just know I'll turn back
I must dream of the things I am seeking
I am seeking the courage I lack (fast forward to the bedroom scene with the baroness)
The courage to serve them with reliance (this one she has nailed)
Face my mistakes without defiance...(dumping the boat and breaking the rules? we all know how well this goes)
I must dream of the things I am seeking
I am seeking the courage I lack (fast forward to the bedroom scene with the baroness)
The courage to serve them with reliance (this one she has nailed)
Face my mistakes without defiance...(dumping the boat and breaking the rules? we all know how well this goes)
...
Somehow I will impress them (in more ways than one!)
I will be firm, but kind (indeed - like at the dinner table)
And all those children
Heaven bless them
They will look up to me (yes!)
And mind me (as a governess and as a mother)
I will be firm, but kind (indeed - like at the dinner table)
And all those children
Heaven bless them
They will look up to me (yes!)
And mind me (as a governess and as a mother)
...
All I trust I leave my heart to
All I trust becomes my own... now THIS one really gets me in the heart strings. I feel this is really speaks volumes about the origin of her relationship with the Captain. I get the sense Maria is obviously leery of trusting. It is clear that the Reverend Mother is the first person she trusts, respects, and loves as a surrogate mother. The children (eventually) follow. On her first day at the villa, Maria systematically wins their trust and then falls in love with the children. Then there's Georg - it's like she sees through him from the beginning, but eventually learns to trust him, particularly after 'The Apology'... and all that she trusts quite literally becomes her own.
All I trust becomes my own... now THIS one really gets me in the heart strings. I feel this is really speaks volumes about the origin of her relationship with the Captain. I get the sense Maria is obviously leery of trusting. It is clear that the Reverend Mother is the first person she trusts, respects, and loves as a surrogate mother. The children (eventually) follow. On her first day at the villa, Maria systematically wins their trust and then falls in love with the children. Then there's Georg - it's like she sees through him from the beginning, but eventually learns to trust him, particularly after 'The Apology'... and all that she trusts quite literally becomes her own.
Anyway, there's no real purpose to this post other than I was thinking about it as fodder for my story, and I just thought I would throw it out there and share 
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