Bon Iver's Lyrics Find Their Way to "Hinnom, TX" Hell

• I understand were you're coming from, but I'm going to respectfully disagree. I think since the tune is positive he's not trying to say Texas is Hell, but actually use us as an example for all people. Texas could easily be considered hell because summers so directly resemble a furnace. But I really think he's trying to say that even through the hellish conditions of Texas there are still ways to have hope. He seems to be giving examples for every type of person; "the Naochide" for Jews and "Hinnom" itself because it's a seminary for Christians-two examples for religious people, "I got outta La Grange" for those who seem to have no hope, "in-vetted" for those who examine things-scientists and such, and "with your heart in mind/didn't you edit" for any person who feels lost or disconnected from the world. I think he's telling us that there is hope we just have to accept that it is there waiting for us when we are ready to let go of our past and move toward a brighter future. I think that is what he's trying to say in a way similar to a thesis in the first two stanzas, "in the first light past the Noachide bodies wrapped in white/stranded every pain baby, pasts are slain." And he is coming to Texas, twice, once in Dallas and then in Austin. Maybe he has hope for all the Texans who seem lost in the sweltering heat of the Texas summer.

• Lol either this is a complete knock on TX or he's referencing it in a good light. I wish he'd come out to explain it. 

• now that would be something

• Perhaps, Hinnom, Texas, is really a nod to the great Josh T. Pearson and Lift To Experience's Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads.  The Hinnom Valley is the crossroads to Jerusalem being located on the western/southern edge of the city and the lowest point of Jerusalem.

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