| America – A Horse With No Name Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Alright guys...this may be a different interpretation because this is related to actual social theory, but it makes way more sense then the heroin idea.. When we are around society, what society constructs in turn constructs us (we are middle class because they say we are; my name is blah because they said it is). When we are away from society (in a desert, for example) without society, then the uncontrolled idea of identity escapes... So here: the beginning, he recognizes "birds and rocks and things" because he knows the social terms... When he gets to the point where the sun is burning him, it's because that's something uncontrolled by society (he would call it a sunburn if that was a case; my skin is red is describing the events, not the social construction). When he eventually recognizes the birds and rocks and things again at the end, it's because he realizes the term doesn't really matter for these items; it's the actual concept that matters, so it is that idea once more. Yeah, I'll admit: I read too much rhetorical theory for anyone's comfort. But it makes way more sense than heroin or madness, thank you very fucking much. |
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| Jim Croce – Bad, Bad Leroy Brown Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Not quite sure how you guys got this is a song rooting for the underdog. It says he is 6'4 in the song, so...not exactly a shortie either. Leroy Brown was someone Croce knew during the war. In the song, he's a rough bad ass from the wrong side of town, down to get violent when he needs to. Everyone respects him (hence the "treetop lover" and "sir") out of fear. But when he flirts with a married woman, he gets killed by the husband. It's more of an "even the mighty fall" type of story. Not an underdog story at all, since the husband isn't described besides being jealous. |
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