| Paul Simon – Peace Like A River Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Of course it's subjective, but that seems a bit much. This song is a real memory song--when I first heard it about ten years ago in college, it reminded me of the kind of idealism young people can feel when they get together in the name of a cause, and the almost comic disorganization of their own peers that frustrates them. The line "misinformation followed us like a plague" reminds me of a death penalty vigil that I attended when I was about 19...we started out the evening believing we were going to change everything, but after being re-routed four or five times, we ended up feeling dumb and naive eating at some all-night breakfast place. I doubt he had something like that specifically in mind, but Paul Simon has a bit too much irony in his blood to write a straight-up "down with the tyrants" song. I have a hunch it's more microcosmic than that. | |
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