| Trampled by Turtles – November Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Okay bear with me here, but I think this song is about what its like for sheltered yet politically active people to meet people who are really oppressed. "Under revolution clouds, you fight to come up and I fight to come down." This would be the privileged singer trying to detach from his privilege while his oppressed (implied) lover has spent her whole life trying to escape racism or poverty or sexism or something along those lines, and they are united in their desire to understand one another. "I was on a rooftop when I first discovered, That you hold all your pain like a cannon inside." This is about how little he (the singer) had known about his lover's experiences and about how as an oppressed person she has had to behave and hold in her opinions and values until she feels like she like exploding. "Every time we find something peaceful, I have to go and tear it all down." Could be interpreted as becoming aware of injustice and discovering how prevalent oppression is, even in things he used to enjoy. I understand that blue grass isn't associated with social change movements, but that's sorta dumb because blue grass is associated with distrust in authority and government and distrust in social institutions is not much of a stretch. |
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