| Wilco – No More Poetry Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I think Jeff is saying that the subtleties and beauty of the written word and creative thought are basically dead. From a third person POV. "Gonna take a meteor shower/ To lay me out on the lawn" IMO he's saying that this person can't sit out and just look at the stars and enjoy himself. That an exciting phenomenon like a meteor shower is the only thing that can hold his attention if forced to stare out into the night. "Taurus is a great big bull/He ate my heart out in the woods" I think that these are the correct lyrics. Obviously Taurus is referring to the zodiac sign...the bull. "He ate my heart out in the woods"...IMO he's trying to spice up a story with a grisly and attention grabbing act instead of looking at the cosmic meaning of Taurus. "The Heavens move so slow/but I'm quick and good" The Heavens being astrology, he's saying that it's kinda boring, but his quick change of turning Taurus into a man eating bull is "quick and good"...showing an arrogance about his storytelling skills. "Cut it up, cut it up/Fill it up, fill it up" Editing his story, and filling it up with more attention grabbing aka crappy material. And with the chorus - "And maybe my verses aint that free" , "You don't have to be poor to hang with me", "You don't have to see me to be free"....references to when poetry was powerful, many poets had relatively meager amounts of money, and would hold free readings so people could enjoy the spirtual and creative meanings of a well written story/poem/etc. |
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