| Cool Hand Luke – 10 Or 40 Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| When Mark was younger, he and his brother asked a neighbor how fast his go-kart could go, and the kid answered, "It can go 10 or 40." It also refers to the 10-40 window evangelicals talk about. | |
| Sufjan Stevens – The Seer's Tower Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I think you all are missing something important about the last two lines. The "still." I think he's saying, even though all this chaos is happening, even though Jesus is coming back, even though my Father cleansed me... I still feel so alone in all this. I think it's a perfect ending to a beautiful song. And, I do think the "mother betrayed us" line is talking about his mother. He's been pretty clear about that in interviews. Sufjan also spoke about writing stuff in first-person experiences (though, gathered in historical, non-first-person situations... if that makes sense). Anyway, back to my point. Think about the "still" and it will come together. I don't think the song is about the rapture and all that (it is, but it isn't). The point is, to me, he's saying that there is a never-ending loneliness one feels, no matter how much is going on and how much hope one has. That's just me, anyway. |
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