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| Josh Ritter – Monster Ballads Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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I take this song much more litterally, which is how I tend to take a lot of Josh's music, as beautiful imagery that acctually refers to something that he experienced- So to Monster Ballads~ I think he is writing about driving through a mountinous part of the country, probably through the dessert with some heavy emotions, probably nostalgia mixed with a bit of lonliness, as he searches the radio dial for a song to listen to in which he can feel connected again to whatever it is that we all hope to be connected to when we search for the right song to match our mood on the radio as we drive... however, the radio brings him only "empty boats" that while they may have had "feeling when they sailed" ie may have been the right song at the right time, it has "somehow slipped out between the notes", so I think that the Monster Ballads are actually those loud metal ballads by bands like White Snake and Guns and Roses that sometimes dominate the airwaves in really small boarder towns... and the "Stations of the Cross" would refer to the channels on the radio that play either Christian Music or some combination of preaching and Christian Broadcasting which are also common fare when you are on the road. Neither of which seem to be hitting the spot for Josh as he is out on the dessert now, and "feeling lost" thinking about times when he was with people that he loved... I love this song. |
submissions
| Josh Ritter – Monster Ballads Lyrics
| 17 years ago
|
|
I take this song much more litterally, which is how I tend to take a lot of Josh's music, as beautiful imagery that acctually refers to something that he experienced- So to Monster Ballads~ I think he is writing about driving through a mountinous part of the country, probably through the dessert with some heavy emotions, probably nostalgia mixed with a bit of lonliness, as he searches the radio dial for a song to listen to in which he can feel connected again to whatever it is that we all hope to be connected to when we search for the right song to match our mood on the radio as we drive... however, the radio brings him only "empty boats" that while they may have had "feeling when they sailed" ie may have been the right song at the right time, it has "somehow slipped out between the notes", so I think that the Monster Ballads are actually those loud metal ballads by bands like White Snake and Guns and Roses that sometimes dominate the airwaves in really small boarder towns... and the "Stations of the Cross" would refer to the channels on the radio that play either Christian Music or some combination of preaching and Christian Broadcasting which are also common fare when you are on the road. Neither of which seem to be hitting the spot for Josh as he is out on the dessert now, and "feeling lost" thinking about times when he was with people that he loved... I love this song. |
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