| Bob Dylan – Chimes of Freedom Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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| Sufjan Stevens – The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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| Sufjan Stevens – The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders (Part 1: The Great Frontier; Part 2: Come to Me Only with Playthings Now) Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Nice writeup Tundra. I thin that when you look at the title of the song you can come up with 2 possible meanings. The Tallest Man, The Broadest Shoulders. The Broadest Shoulders is obviously a referrence to Chicago. So who or what is the Tallest Man? My first thought was Abraham Lincoln and the line "Forgiving, faced the seventh year" might be a referrence to Lincoln's speech, 4 score and 7 years ago. Another thought after reading Tundra's writeup, is that Sufjan is calling everyone to be the tallest man and stand above all the negative things that have emerged from and happened to the great city of Chicago and stand for all of the good things. |
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| Sufjan Stevens – John Wayne Gacy, Jr. Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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This is such a great song. I agree with the people who think the "I am just like him" part is a referrence to being a sinner in God's eye. The emphasis on "Oh my God" points into that direction. I never did consider what Airport said about 2 people with similar backgroungs going in very different paths. It is something to think about. Maybe when Sufjan sings, "Oh my God," he is showing that he believes in God and Gacy did not. Another thing to lookat is that Stevens uses the words "best behavior" twice in the song. First when Gacy is about to kill someone and that he is being on his best behavior. The second time is when Sufjan says that when he is on his best behavior, he is just like him. Not real sure what to make of that. What do you think of those connections? |
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