| Old Crow Medicine Show – I Hear Them All Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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This song is beautiful.... really I get two interpretations and I do not know if this is intentional, but here it goes: First I hear the religious interpretation. the chorus "I hear them all" soounds like a very omnipresent line over and over again.... like a god hearing the cries of the people. He hears the wrongs committed and the cries of people who believe in tyrants. He has always heard history, the biblical figures and continues to hear the cries of people. With clear imagery of nazi book burnings, biblical events, and even 911. I love the line of growing flowers in the rubble of the towers. A clear allusion to the fallen trade towers, and the moments in time where the digging stopped to listen for survivors... a powerful image. The second less religious interpretation, is that of almost a musical history. Music has always echoed history and historical events, whether they be biblical events or more modern events. Music hears history and records. So much of music has centered around the bible.... and it has recorded the civile war as mentioned through dixie, the cruel wits of tryants, and 911... this is a record of history through music... and it is beautiful. Music hears everything, just as the chorus indicates. Listen. Hear. History is being recorded in this song. |
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