This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
so that's how you found me
rain falling around me
lookin' down at a worm
with a long way to go
and the traffic was hissing by
and I was homesick
and I was high
I was surrounded by a language
in which I could say only "hello"
and "thank you very much"
but you spoke so I could understand
and I drew a treasure map on your hand
and you were no picnic
you were no prize
but you had just enough pathos
to keep me hypnotized
hypnotized
the map led to an island
in a sea of store-bought dreams
where soul-less singers sang
over beats built by machines
and lovely girls were hovering
above my head like gulls
with their long slender necks
and their delicate skulls
and I was no picnic
I was no prize
but I had just enough sweetness
to keep you hypnotized
hypnotized
so that's how you found me
rain falling around me
lookin' down at a worm
with a long way to go
rain falling around me
lookin' down at a worm
with a long way to go
and the traffic was hissing by
and I was homesick
and I was high
I was surrounded by a language
in which I could say only "hello"
and "thank you very much"
but you spoke so I could understand
and I drew a treasure map on your hand
and you were no picnic
you were no prize
but you had just enough pathos
to keep me hypnotized
hypnotized
the map led to an island
in a sea of store-bought dreams
where soul-less singers sang
over beats built by machines
and lovely girls were hovering
above my head like gulls
with their long slender necks
and their delicate skulls
and I was no picnic
I was no prize
but I had just enough sweetness
to keep you hypnotized
hypnotized
so that's how you found me
rain falling around me
lookin' down at a worm
with a long way to go
Lyrics submitted by delial
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Great version of a great song,
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i suppose to me this song is about finding someone in a foreign place. i like to take the second stanza literally, in the fact that she does not know how to say anything except for 'hello' and 'thank you very much' (bonjour? merci beaucoup? you never know.)
and she is reminiscing about finding this, in the last verses, amid all the phoniness of everything else. she's talking about a diamond in the rough, i guess. and a personalized diamond, one that not other would think of as a 'picnic', or a 'prize'.
it's such a beautiful song though.
I don't see any betrayal either. In fact, he (or she) took her to an island in that sea of store bought dreams, meaning that he offered something other than the cliched, fake dreams that were available from others.<br /> <br /> In the early verses, before he found her, I see despair and that she was tired of her life (probably in a foreign country, but that could be interpreted more broadly). He changed that, and there's nothing that implies to me that the relationship ended badly or in betrayal. Maybe it did, but she doesn't seem bitter at all, and she knows how to sound bitter if she wants to. I think she has nothing but fond memories of him (or, again, her).
I did that wrong. I wasn't replying to feversxxmirrors. Just a general post.