undertones

With crackling pastoral language and thematic Lynchian undertones, “Swamplandia!” probed the growing tension in Russell’s home state of Florida between an endangered fecund wilderness and encroaching development.

Alluding to Paul’s rise in power is imagery steeped in religious undertones.

This unfamiliarity, combined with the song’s political undertones, made parts of the audience uncomfortable, fueling the backlash.

It’s an epic tale with Christian undertones about a magical world and the four siblings who discover and rule it as kings and queens.

He longs for a "sacred" relationship, adding religious undertones to the seductive song.