| Gillian Welch – Time (The Revelator) Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Ah, here are the comments. I will repost what I did as a reply to a comment: Rated 0 I feel a lot of people are on the wrong track with this song. The interpretation that makes sense to me is that when Gillian refers to "they caught the Katy and left me a mule to ride" she was referring to her biological parents - given she was adopted. Fortune's lady came and walked beside her and things turned out ok. She wonders however whether she is a traitor like her parents who betrayed her were???? She knows she is not really who she pretends to be - the people who brought her up weren't her real parents - however - queen of fakes and imitators - she behaves like she is their child and one of them, when underneath she really feels she is not. The understanding of this experience (which is also my experience) is expressed in a book on experiences of adoption called "Primal Wound" |
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| Gillian Welch – Time (The Revelator) Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Too many comments to read them all, but I feel a lot of people are on the wrong track with this song. The interpretation that makes sense to me is that when Gillian refers to "they caught the Katy and left me a mule to ride" was that she was referring to is her parents - given she was adopted. Fortunes lady came and walked beside her and things turned out ok. She wonders however whether she is a traitor like her parents who betrayed her???? She knows she is not really who she pretends to be - the people who brought her up weren't her real parents - however - queen of fakes and imitators - she behaves like she is their child and one of them, when underneath she really feels she is not. The understanding of this experience (which I feel is also my experience) is expressed in the book on experiences of adoption called "Primal Wound" | |
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