| Sufjan Stevens – Flint (For the Unemployed and Underpaid) Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I have been going through this, mostly unemployed for two years after moving from a great engineering job for my wife's school. I found a dream job teaching, then was laid off 20 weeks later due to less students (electrical apprentices, so if there's no work, there's no students...) To top it off, 2 friends commited suicide within one month of each other. He doesn't feel guilt, he feels unnecessary and unwanted, rejected by a society that sees his skills, his "hands that use his heart", as superfluous. The forgot the part might also be that it's been so long since he worked that he's afraid he's getting rusty. That plus it's a common fear among employers if they see a big gap in employment. The pretending to try/pretending to cry isn't because he's lazy, it's because he's so beaten down from constant rejection that he has no motivation, and can't really feel anything much anymore. Look at how many times he repeats "Even if I die alone". The pretending to cry might also be just to release emotional stress, or him fooling himself into crying in a land where men don't cry. A very relevant song to a lot of people right now. |
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