| Dinosaur Jr. – Little Fury Things Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| it's a cartoon... Bugs Bunny | |
| Modest Mouse – March Into the Sea Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| This reminds me of Herman Melville's _Benito Cereno_. | |
| Cold War Kids – Hospital Beds Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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It's about rehabilitation. Personal rehabilitation (literal) and social rehabilitation. "There's nothing to do here/ some just whine and complain" -- behavioral health wards. "we've got no chance of recovery" -- falsity of prescription happiness. It serves as an allegory for the drastic change our society must make. We must rehabilitate ourselves, save ourselves, not only from self-damage, but that which we inflict upon others. "put out the fire on us" "Vietnam Fishing Trips" -- dichotomizes the horrors of war and the benefits; the economic and political power reaped from despoiling others. Also, a reference to surfing, other recreation, during the Vietnam War? After My Lai, the 11th Light Infantry went surfing... |
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