As soon as I got on the horse, I forgot about the math.
Forgot about the odds against an adolescent standing up to all of Owen's wrath.
The heat of prairie summer, impossible to take.
I grab the hem and lift the fabric over my sweet head.
I know what you're looking for, and I'm never gonna give it to you.
I'm never gonna give it to you.
I'm never gonna give it to you.

Government rule established by a dazzling light show.
A hegemony armoured with a thousand-watt head and seven inches of echo.
I keep up my velocity, my spurs are in her sides.
I don't know what I'm doing, and it is the only way.
Toward the range I'll ride, singing, I'm never gonna give it to you.
I'm never gonna give it to you.
I'm never gonna give it to you.

"I am overrated," said the sculptress to the sea.
"I've been praised for all the ways the marble leaves the man, and I was wrong to try and free him."
And as for me, I am a vector, I am muscle, I am bone.
The sun upon my shoulders and the horse between my legs,
This is all I know.

My senses are bedazzled by the parallax of the road.
I concentrate to keep contained the overflow.
My knuckles grip so tightly, my fingers start to bleed.
If what I have is what you need,

I'm never gonna give it to you.
I'm never gonna give it to you.
I'm never gonna give it to you.

I'm never gonna give it to you.
I'm never gonna give it to you.
I'm never gonna give it to you.

I'm never gonna give it to you.
I'm never gonna give it to you.
I'm never gonna give it to you.

I'm never gonna give it to you.
I'm never gonna give it to you.
I'm never gonna give it to you.


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    Guys, I think the line "A hegemony armored with a thousand watt head and seven inches of echo" is about a penis.

    Owen is openly gay, after all, so it makes sense.

    Hegemony (“leadership”, “rule”) is an indirect form of imperial dominance in which the hegemon (leader state) rules sub-ordinate states by the implied means of power rather than by direct military force – by intervention and occupation.

    He uses this word metaphorically to enlighten the listener to the dominant nature of this particular encounter.

    "Armored with a thousand-watt head"

    The sensation he feels on the receiving end of this penis is 'electrifying', so to speak.

    "and seven inches of echo"

    The remaining length of the penis, or the 'echo'.

    This particular line always baffled me, and this just dawned on me the other day while pondering it.

    Thoughts?

    symphonyofcolorson June 05, 2012   Link

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