| Josh Ritter – Thin Blue Flame Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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In all honesty. Everyone's gonna interpret this song differently. It's impossible to explain it, because it's ambiguous, but here's my go. First of all, I think he's talking about death, and how it shocks us all. There's also a few literature references. The whole bit about god being in a cold dark room is fairly easy. If he's up there, he's not paying much attention any more. "Only a full house is gonna make a home" is probably talking about how people with huge houses and lots of money might not be as happy as a family that sticks together. "Border soft with refugees, streets are swimmin with amputees" is what I'd consider to be an angry observation. Saying that people shouldn't be forced out of their homes, or have their limbs taken from them. "If what's loosed upon earth will be loosed upon high, it's a hell of a heaven we must go to when we die" is, in my opinion, a calling into question as to what's wrong with the world today, and why so much is going wrong. The Laurel and Hardy bit is, to me, talking about how two of the best friends can suddenly turn against each other. Then he talks about how "It's Hell to believe, there aint a hell of a chance". I think this is him saying that it's hard to believe in God sometimes, but sometimes you should just stick through it. The last verse is more light hearted than the rest of the song. Talking about all his friends. That's what I think anyway. |
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| Josh Ritter – Golden Age Of Radio Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Jonquils are flowers. As to the song, it's awesome. It's got so many mixed emotions in it, everyone will interpret it differently. Just like a lot of Josh's songs. | |
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