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| Titus Andronicus – To Old Friends and New Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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To me this song is deeply poignant. I believe it speaks to the absolute isolation that mankind experiences as individuals, to resulting existential nausea, and then their failure to understand their fellow humans on their existential journeys "the reasons for living are seldom and few but if you see one you better stick to it like glue". Then to the realization of the fact that you can't understand your fellow man only accept him and the life he leads as his own choice made of free will "Its alright the way that you live, its alright". |
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| Titus Andronicus – Albert Camus Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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The first section of the this song is rife with references from Camus' works "My own mother would tell you I'm an asshole" is I believe is reference to Meursault from "The Stranger" not crying at his mother's own funeral. "How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable it is to be young, dumb, and have lots of money" I think is existential despair. "who will be saved from the least to the greatest men?" is a reference to the absurdity of death |
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