| Paul Simon – Peace Like A River Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Just wondering if he's making a reference to the bible. The phrase "peace like a river" is not a particularly obvious metaphor, but it is used in Isaiah chapter 66. "Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her, ... For you will nurse and be satisfied at her comforting breasts; ... For this is what the Lord says: 'I will extend peace to her like a river, ... and you will be comforted over Jerusalem.'” In the first verse of Paul Simon's song, he has the "peace like a river" metaphor as well as the image of satisfaction. Now I'm wondering whether the second verse indicates that he thinks he was beein hoodwinked, or whether he sees the new peace as a relief or respite? |
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| Tanita Tikaram – Twist In My Sobriety Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Sorry, that should have been "...rejecting the temptation you represent by force of my will..." | |
| Tanita Tikaram – Twist In My Sobriety Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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The word "twist" has many meanings, one being "a curled piece of orange or lemon used to flavour a drink". So "you'll never be more than twist in my sobriety" says: the journey of my life is bleak, prim, proper, reading my improving books and avoiding the temptation you reject by force of my will; I am imprisoned in chastity by my clear conscience; you were a brief interlude, a small spot of flavour but I have seen the light and that is all you will ever have been to me. |
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