Just sang the words to myself and I could not finish the lyrics. This song gets me by the throat.
This is top music, the lyrics are poetry. The words fit to the music and the other way around, it tells me more than what the words say.
This is not about rational thoughts, this is about what we are.
The explanations do make sense, though, thanks to everybody who gave their thoughts.
Some thoughts on how Gilbert (Raymond) wrote this poem.
Maybe he feels like he's a good guy, but the absurdity of enjoying a glass of cognac while on television, gruesome images of people almost starved is a ridicilous contrast with the luxury life he is enjoying.
Nothing you can do for these people, even if it's possible to give money, you know it is not solving the problems in such a country. How to make that rhyme with you wanting to be a good person. Your own luxury makes you feel guilty. But should you? Does that help dying people?...
Some thoughts on how Gilbert (Raymond) wrote this poem.
Maybe he feels like he's a good guy, but the absurdity of enjoying a glass of cognac while on television, gruesome images of people almost starved is a ridicilous contrast with the luxury life he is enjoying.
Nothing you can do for these people, even if it's possible to give money, you know it is not solving the problems in such a country. How to make that rhyme with you wanting to be a good person. Your own luxury makes you feel guilty. But should you? Does that help dying people?
No. I have the right to live my life as I want it. Things I can't change, I can't change.
But I still have the right to make my own choices, to have my opinions even if everybody tells me I'm wrong.
But can I give the suffering I see a meaning? Is there any rhyme or reason why that child over there is dying while I drink my brandy? Is there a meaning to life?
No, nothing rhymes. All absurdities we experience are nothing more or less than what they are.
It is a powerful, haunting song. The fact I do not understand the poem completely makes it even better.
Just sang the words to myself and I could not finish the lyrics. This song gets me by the throat. This is top music, the lyrics are poetry. The words fit to the music and the other way around, it tells me more than what the words say. This is not about rational thoughts, this is about what we are.
The explanations do make sense, though, thanks to everybody who gave their thoughts.
Some thoughts on how Gilbert (Raymond) wrote this poem. Maybe he feels like he's a good guy, but the absurdity of enjoying a glass of cognac while on television, gruesome images of people almost starved is a ridicilous contrast with the luxury life he is enjoying. Nothing you can do for these people, even if it's possible to give money, you know it is not solving the problems in such a country. How to make that rhyme with you wanting to be a good person. Your own luxury makes you feel guilty. But should you? Does that help dying people?...
Some thoughts on how Gilbert (Raymond) wrote this poem. Maybe he feels like he's a good guy, but the absurdity of enjoying a glass of cognac while on television, gruesome images of people almost starved is a ridicilous contrast with the luxury life he is enjoying. Nothing you can do for these people, even if it's possible to give money, you know it is not solving the problems in such a country. How to make that rhyme with you wanting to be a good person. Your own luxury makes you feel guilty. But should you? Does that help dying people?
No. I have the right to live my life as I want it. Things I can't change, I can't change. But I still have the right to make my own choices, to have my opinions even if everybody tells me I'm wrong. But can I give the suffering I see a meaning? Is there any rhyme or reason why that child over there is dying while I drink my brandy? Is there a meaning to life? No, nothing rhymes. All absurdities we experience are nothing more or less than what they are.
It is a powerful, haunting song. The fact I do not understand the poem completely makes it even better.