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| Beck – Milk & Honey Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Beck is obviously a very unique lyricist, and it's impossible to know what his thoughts were while writing this song, but I think it might be a statement on something like 'desire' or the 'failure of the American Dream.' The phrase "Milk and Honey" originates from a passage in The Old Testament referring to the "Promised Land" as one flowing with "milk and honey," and has since come to symbolize abundance of resources and wealth. A "land of milk and honey" is a place where things are in great abundance; it is a sort of utopian idea. That said, I think the song may attempt to draw comparisons and distinctions between the reality of such a place, and the projected fantasy. The reality seems to be more grim, with it's "aluminum sun" and "war torn stories." The passage that starts "Did you hear those war torn stories" seems to describe the Vietnam War. |
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