In the beginning it sounds like he's attempting to hang himself...or maybe somebody hung him? And then he's bleeding, and he's waiting for this life to be whole...and hmmm....To me, this sounds like he's a black slave. He's bleeding and being hung, and he's waiting for this life to be whole, because being a slave is pretty much torture. And then it's a "fantasy" for the white people. There isn't much evidence for what this song is about, but to me it's just about slavery.
In the beginning it sounds like he's attempting to hang himself...or maybe somebody hung him? And then he's bleeding, and he's waiting for this life to be whole...and hmmm....To me, this sounds like he's a black slave. He's bleeding and being hung, and he's waiting for this life to be whole, because being a slave is pretty much torture. And then it's a "fantasy" for the white people. There isn't much evidence for what this song is about, but to me it's just about slavery.