| The Smashing Pumpkins – The Crying Tree of Mercury Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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This song is awesome to me, and has a great deal of profound intellectual depth. My interpretation of it is a powerful message in the illusion of unseen metals in crude oil by-products having a spiritual voice. The tree is a metaphor to describing the living organisms, (including people) worldwide, affected by these metals. Living organisms are the branches of this tree, and Mercury is singing to us about the destructive nature of what is happening to us. The saddest irony is that the branches are not capable of hearing the message through the "Noise" that surrounds them. "Within the lilting lies" describes the corrupted nature of deceptive practices with which we've been intoxicated by heavy metals. "This love will stand as long as you" says to me that Mercury, apologetically, intends to kill us. Psychotic! Yes, but after all, it's not really Mercury's fault that our entire planet is dying from the pollutions of this tree, is it? Mercury has no power over its own effects on us when we continue to abuse its substance. Mercury would like it if we could understand the message, and change our ways. Death is merely the natural outcome of the continued abuse of a substance's properties. It's merely to the extent, when we unintentionally make machines our God, that their pollutions have the power to subjugate us to our own demise. The voice is very seductive, and the the music is eerily tranquil much like a rhapsody from the present day automotive industry. After analyzing this song I don't really hate Mercury as much as I thought I might. What I love most about this song is that every verse gives insight and dimension to my interpretation of it. This sounds to me like the true message from God. |
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