| XTC – Making Plans For Nigel Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| I think my own interpretation is pretty close to yours. I always just assumed that Nigel was challenged in some way, or that at least his parents THINK of him as being challenged. I feel it's meant to reflect the way parents SEE their children, and may not quite understand them, and who try to give them what they think of as a good future because they don't think the child can do it for themselves. Or that these are parents who are trying to convince themselves that the only way to get by and have a good life is to become the typical modern upright citizen worker, and trying to convince themselves that their son will be happy in that role. | |
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