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| Genesis – The Carpet Crawlers Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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Boy I never thougth this song was difficult to understand. To me at least it seems to be clearly anti organinzed religion. It sounds like he/they are talking about people being content with being poor and underachieving under the assumption that the true reward is in heaven. We gotta get in (heaven) to get out (of this miserable existence). And c'mon, "the needle's eye is winking, closing on the poor" is clearly (to me I'll admit) a reference to the bible saying that it is easier to fit a camel through the head of a needle than it is for a rich man to get into heaven. This fits in very neatly with the theme of The Lamb (the innocent) lies down on Broadway (mean streets...superficiality) |
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| Bob Dylan – It's All Over Now, Baby Blue Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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I have no idea what Dyan meant by this song. However, I was alone playing this song recently, a week or so after being told by my 19 year old daughter that she is pregnant. I had already been dealing with thoughts that I've suddenly lost her or at least the child I knew and that she has lost her whole experience of being a young adult. Also having thoughts that as much as he says he will be there for her now it's very possible that in the end she finds that I am the only one who will not be "walking out the door", these lyrics hit me especially hard and was very emotional. I've given up trying to figure out the exact meaning to songs and moments like this give them more value than whatever Bob was talking about (although I think many on here have hit upon the same theme as me) |
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