| The Hours – Ali In The Jungle Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| 'Keller in the darkness' likely refers to Helen Keller a famous writer who was deaf and blind, 'Simpson on the mountain' to Joe Simpson - famous mountaineer. | |
| The Hours – Ali In The Jungle Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Yep, I saw them on Jools as well. I think this might be their only good song though. (Mr Hudson) were ace. It's about the fact that life is a never ending struggle where you will repeatedly be 'knocked down'. The message is that it happens to everybody and everybody 'get(s) up' it's just a matter of how quick. Either get up or go kill yourself. That's life. I like the allusions in the song. 'Ali in the jungle' alludes to Muhammad Ali's fight against George Foreman 'The Rumble in the Jungle'. 'Nelson in jail' alludes to Nelson Mandella's imprisonment. 'Greatest comeback since lazarus' refers to the Bible story where Lazarus is raised from the dead by Jesus. Ludwig Van Beethoven the composer 'went deaf and didn't give a fuck'. Can anybody else explain 'Simpson on the mountain', ' Keller in the darkness', 'Adam's in the dock'? |
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