| The Doors – The Soft Parade Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| Good interpretation. I've always thought this song was a little more directed to the "Streets of America" and Western "Culture" in general. The American Dream of excess, class conscience, decadence and opulence (etc.) were a constant theme in Jim's poetry and I hear this as another description of that. Also I hear "Winter Women throwing stones" meaning simply the critical and negative attitude of older people (at the same time - the next line, babies being "baptized" into the system). The "harder to describe sailors to the underfed" to me is its getting harder to justify wealth, fame and luxury when so many are without i.e. Sailors or Sailing is a status symbol of success. Only Jim knows for sure but most of us can agree its Brilliant! | |
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