| Mumford & Sons – Dust Bowl Dance Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I understand where you are coming from with this, and it definitely can be interpreted as about religion, but that is not the only interpretation. I would just like to point out how you said that your interpretation would be a combination of Grapes of Wrath and religion, but you then went on to interpret it as religious. I respect your beliefs, and this is a valid interpretation of this song, but it's not the only one. Also, you said that "I think the message of this song is (or at least should be) universal." You then went on to interpret it as religious. I would like to point out how religion is not universal, no matter how much you want it to be. |
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| Mumford & Sons – Dust Bowl Dance Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| That makes sense to me. It does seem to be like the plight of LGBT people in the more fundamentalist areas of the US. "Nowhere to stand and now nowhere to hide" could be interpreted to be about LGBT people who were kicked out of their houses. And many LGBT people who grew up in a religious setting do sometimes feel like the fact that they are LGBT is a crime ("to face what I've done/and do my time"). I have yet to come out as bi, although I am very lucky-my parents have said that they don't care if I am LGBT, and I live in Madison, WI, one of the most liberal and accepting cities in the US, I still am somewhat nervous. I'm sorry that you felt that way about coming out, and I'm glad that your coming out experience was not as bad as you anticipated. | |
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