| Monsters of Folk – Baby Boomer Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| And no I didn't proofread, it was all In one go....so I also apologize for the horrible grammar :/ | |
| Monsters of Folk – Baby Boomer Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I must first say I really love this song and the great lesson behind it. I also enjoyed everyones opinions on the what the songs meant to them and I would love to contribute my own perception of this piece of artwork. The song starts of with "We've got to stand a little closer to what it is we're leaning on, Who was it that first said it? Could it be he could be wrong about the pilgrims and the natives having dinner on the lawn?" My though about We got to stand a little closer to what it is we are leaning on, is "our ideals and beliefs and how we need to maybe take a second look at what we identify ourselves with etc.. our beliefs and why we believe the things we believe. they go on to question "Who was it that first said it? this person could have added his bias, now I don't think they are directly talking about american history or any one person but they are talking about humanity in general. Now I think the second part really solidifies my opinion and I had to think about this for a while and finally realized the none of this is literal. When they say - "I think if I was ever king I'd buy a censorship where the only books upon the shelves were the ones that I had read.( this tells it all now he says If i was ever king by king they mean person in power to influence culture or people,nations etc.. so if he was ever in that power he would by a "censorship" where the only books were the only ones that he had read. by this he means the only beliefs would be his own ideals and beliefs. Books have and always will be great tools of inspiration and power they provide knowledge and can be dangerous in cases hence in past histories there have been many cases of large book burnings etc.. The metaphor here is by book he means beliefs books provide knowledge and points of views so if he was in power he would implement his own point of views and force it on the people (in a sense.) Open 'em up at borders, send my photo down the spine to tell the story of the living without forgetting those who died." ( this part is more comical and pretty obvious basically glorifying in my opinion past history etc... the victor gets to right history type of deal) The rest of the lyrics are easily interpreted and go with my opinions above about censorship and control and controlling the information/knowledge that people can attain. There are also pointers to religion but the another important section in my opinion was "And I would die a happy man 'cause I did the best that I could do to find a better way of leavin' should we leave that up to you." ( This resonates allot in history we can look back in many cases were groups of people or just one man with a passion for his ideals and inconsiderate of everyone else's opinions would impose a lifestyle that he/or them would consider "best" but finishing up with to find a better way of leavin' should we leave that up to you basically says that is your perception of life and death really any better than the next persons? I know it's long but if your read through all of it and maybe understood it than thank you and I hope you enjoyed this song as much as I did. |
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