| Paul Simon – Duncan Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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This is of course ambigious (all the best songs are) but in my take on this, the key line is 'And I seen that girl as the road to my survival.' Latching onto the happy-clappy, Pentecostal community is a smart move for someone struggling so hard. So Simon leaves it ambigious - is it his viriginty that's taken, or is he going along (or surely not, converted! - it's not clear) by a laying on of hands, giving of the spirit. I experienced Pentecostal Christianity in my late teens and it was as intoxicating as sex (and, indeed, often accompanied by it - a gift from the Lord!). A young man, struggling, finds hope, direction, and love in the Pentecost - and sings for joy. His true, deep, response to it is hidden - is it real, is he acting, is the joy for real or is he faking it to survive? Maybe even he doesn't know. |
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