| Amanda Palmer – Astronaut: A Short History of Nearly Nothing Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I noticed that too yay! Thought it was just me because I wrote a thesis on that poem :) here it is, so no one has to leave this beautiful website I have been one acquainted with the night. I have walked out in rain -- and back in rain. I have outwalked the furthest city light. I have looked down the saddest city lane. I have passed by the watchman on his beat And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain. I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet When far away an interrupted cry Came over houses from another street, But not to call me back or say good-bye; And further still at an unearthly height, O luminary clock against the sky Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right. I have been one acquainted with the night. |
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| Amanda Palmer – The Point of It All Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| freshwater friends! Maybe it's really about her goldfish and how they don't really LIVE but only watch the scenery go by around them!! ;) ;D ;) | |
| Amanda Palmer – The Point of It All Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| i wish i knew which cigarette ads are being referred to :) | |
| Amanda Palmer – The Point of It All Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| ack! Now that I've ventured an opinion on damn convinced i'm entirely wrong and it IS all about watching someone destroy themselves on drugs. See??? SEE??? It could mean ANYTHINGGGGGG!! :D :D :D | |
| Amanda Palmer – The Point of It All Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| ooooh that would put the whole "while you were sleeping some men came along" part in perspective. Maybe owing guys money for drugs and getting kicked around while he's on a high and she has to watch it happen. | |
| Amanda Palmer – The Point of It All Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| really good connection :) Have to agree with you | |
| Amanda Palmer – The Point of It All Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Most of what I have to say about this song is already said, but I've got a few ideas to throw out. First, (has anyone said this?) I'm going to venture that the song is set in Atlantic City, judging from "hitting the tables" and the beautiful view of the sea, but really that's not a major point is it? (and it could of course be coincidence...since AC isn't exactly the tropics) :) I think it DOES factor into the idea of taking the risk of living, gambling. The tone seems to be self deprecating. I agree with many that people are hyper focusing on the needle imagery. Get over the drug needle thing. If that's the image, it's an obvious one (and i'll give you the whole 'industrial waste/shades' thing cause I can't come up with anything else there haha). There is also obvious discussion of sexual abuse. Or rather, promiscuity as self abuse. I think the subtleties of phrase are important here. Detachment and depersonalization are at the core, I believe. The doll is a perfect example of this. A doll can be dressed up as it's user sees fit. A doll can be anything at all except itself. I think the needle and thread are exactly that, the tools used to craft costumes for herself, or that others use to dress her up as whatever they'd like to see. It's difficult to find yourself in that situation, if you even want to, if you even believe there's a self of value worth finding. The fact that the costumes belong to you, even that they are of your own making (that you have the needle and thread) does not mean that they ARE you. But you can pretend it's who you want to be, anyway, right? Isn't it easier to be the biggest, loudest, brightest, sharpest version of what you want people to see ? Instead of investing yourself and losing the gamble. Life can never live up to itself and ultimately, everyone becomes a statistic (just like those cigarette ads, eh?). So it's easier to stay outside it, when the reality is so full of awful. The trouble is that people only want to play with a doll, does anyone really care about/love a doll the way they do a 'real' person? Or respect it? People will do things to you while you are 'sleeping'. Bottom line, dolls and songs can both be whatever the player desires. This song is brilliant because it does that AND comments on the phenomenon. This song can and probably does mean a million specific things and a dozen abstract. It melts me to the floor every time. You're almost human, even now |
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