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| Mark Knopfler – Punish The Monkey Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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Yup, I think that this describes how political corruption is usually handled. Some low-level functionary is found, implicated and then all the public venom is directed at him. Kind of like how everyone is fascinated by the monkey's antics, forgetting that everything the monkey does, he learned from the organ grinder. - v |
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| Iron & Wine – Southern Anthem Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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I think this song refers largely to the comfort that religion and traditional ways have been to the people of the South. And strife after the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement left the South with the hope of freedom unrealized. But not dead. And by embracing their unique past and culture, the best of the old South will live and prosper. |
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| Iron & Wine – Jesus the Mexican Boy Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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I don't think that this song is speaking about Jesus Christ, directly. But definitely Sam invites us to make the comparison between this Mexican boy's good nature and generous spirit and that of the Son of God. As we sing..."What a friend we have in Jesus." Jesus Christ is the kind of friend who would still like you and forgive you even if you owed him money or lied to him. The fact that this song's "jesus" is a Mexican boy puts a human face on that generous spirit. I'm still intrigued by the reference to his being "born on the fourth of July." No real idea except to transcend the national or ethnic identity of the character. Your thoughts? |
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| Iron & Wine – Upward Over the Mountain Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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As the mother of two teenage sons, this song has a tremendous impact on me. The last stanza is not at all random. The image of the pups being born, with blood, is a picture of the struggle and the cost to the mother of bearing her children. And the "fleas on their paws" illustrate the "fallen world" that we are born into and the inability of the mother to protect her young. The minute we are born, there are the dangers of the world ready to "infect" us. And the mother's tears is the pathos we all feel as that truth begins to dawn on us.
All the rest is the son's attempt to protect his mom from the hurt he knows she feels as she watches her son grow up and deal with his life's choice, both wise and unwise. And the same impotence comes through. He can no more protect his mom from the hurt she feels, than she could protect him from the harshness of the world. |
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