| Guided by Voices – Tractor Rape Chain (Clean It Up) Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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"Tractor Rape Chain" I think refers to the parallel lines left in a rapeseed field by a tractor. These are often very striking, because rapeseed fields are bright yellow. The metaphor in the song is fairly transparent: the parallel lines indicate a couple in a relationship and the path they take, permanently connected but always the same distance apart, around the rapeseed field of life. Sadly, these parallel lines are "on a slow decline". I think this is sung from the perspective of a man actually still in a relationship, but struggling to believe that the relationship will last. There is a note of help in the plea, "won't you tell it to go away?" We can all relate to a feeling of doubt in a relationship that begins as paranoia, but eventually proves to be valid. |
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