| The Shins – New Slang Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| I think that it's a queen in the last stanza because she too is expressing regrets for the loss of the relationship. | |
| Bob Dylan – Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Many lines in this piece can take on drug references, with numerous heroin images. Dylan also uses opposites to convey a sense of confusion and mystery. I've often wondered how many interpretations of his own lines Dylan thought about as he wrote these songs. Drawing circles, up and down the block. Track marks? The needle is Stuck inside leaving little round holes up and down the arm where you draw up some blood, then inject it back in. And some tape around your arm to pop the veins up. And there's the opposite ideas of Stuck inside of Mobile. A bit ironic eh? What is Shakespeare doing in an alley? Is the French girl his French Connection (the heroin ring that peaked in the 60's and 70's)? Stay away from the train line, main line? The railroad men drink up your blood like wine, again can inspire visions of jacking, drawing up blood to mix in the syringe before plunging it back in. The protagonist didn't know because the one he met smoked eyelids, as in lids? (ounce of marijuana). The next verse has the most obvious heroin references: Grandpa died last week, and is buried neath the rocks. What kind of rocks, white powdery ones? And what a surprise to everyone that he overdosed? But our protagonist isn't surprised because he built a fire (cooked some horse) on main street (a main vein) and shot it full of holes, like those circles the ragman draws up and down the block. At this point in the song, he shifts into larger social issues, but my time is up and I must go. |
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