| Cracker – Low Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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| Jethro Tull – Mother Goose Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Mettle - jet black mac refers to a raincoat (Mac in British slang - see also "Penny Lane" by the Beatles - "And the Banker never wears a mac in the pouring rain, very strange") The song strikes me as someone wandering about town, and having fun - hasn't anyone ever gone for a walk and pretended to be a fictional character? |
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| Simon and Garfunkel – The Obvious Child Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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To me, it seems as though this song is about the way people delude themselves, and make up fantastic stories about what goes on in their lives. "Why deny the obvious child?" is asking why one doesn't face reality, why are you denying the facts? Or so goes my 2¢ rattling in the jar. |
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| Jethro Tull – No Lullaby Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I view it as being sung to a new-born baby, possibly one whose older sibling died ('do battle with ghosts at play', keeping in mind how siblings have a tendency to fight) (morbid of me, I know); the parents know that harm can befall children (little birds can't fly, it's as well we tell no lie). Even though there are locks and chains and guard dogs, unseen things can snatch a child ("dragons & beasties" = SIDS, illness); it's a dangerous place so be on guard. I find it a rather sad song, as it disabuses the illusion of childhood innocence, where everyone lives "happily ever after" and "nothing bad can happen to baby". Per the cup of wonder website, though, it has to do with the rise of fascism in Europe. |
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