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The drums and chords on the song are very sporadic and typically do not follow much of a pattern, but rather change. On some bars, Rivers plays an Em and on others he plays a Bm in its place. The bass lines stray further from the root notes of the guitar chords than they did on [[The Blue Album]]. On June 21, 2008, Rivers said to ''Kerang!'', "Yes, she [the girl in the song] knows it's her. When I wrote the song I took her letter and I literally lifted lines from the letter and put them in the song, so she actually collects royalties on that song." | The drums and chords on the song are very sporadic and typically do not follow much of a pattern, but rather change. On some bars, Rivers plays an Em and on others he plays a Bm in its place. The bass lines stray further from the root notes of the guitar chords than they did on [[The Blue Album]]. On June 21, 2008, Rivers said to ''Kerang!'', "Yes, she [the girl in the song] knows it's her. When I wrote the song I took her letter and I literally lifted lines from the letter and put them in the song, so she actually collects royalties on that song." | ||
"Across the Sea" also has strong ties to the name of the album, ''Pinkerton''. In the play ''[[Madame Butterfly]]'', Pinkerton is the name of the colonel who falls in love with a Japanese woman, Cio Cio-San (or actually Madame Butterfly herself), but has to leave her in Japan and return to America. Hence, Pinkerton was across the sea from Butterfly. When Pinkerton returns to Japan, Butterfly eventually is murdered. Emotions from this part of the play are mentioned in the song "[[Butterfly]]" | "Across the Sea" also has strong ties to the name of the album, ''Pinkerton''. In the play ''[[Madame Butterfly]]'', Pinkerton is the name of the colonel who falls in love with a Japanese woman, Cio Cio-San (or actually Madame Butterfly herself), but has to leave her in Japan and return to America. Hence, Pinkerton was across the sea from Butterfly. When Pinkerton returns to Japan, Butterfly eventually is murdered. Emotions from this part of the play are mentioned in the song "[[Butterfly]]." | ||
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