| Tracy Chapman – 3,000 Miles Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| In my opinion, the song is about someone who reminds herself of her days in an american suburb. It deals with an economical crisis and the rising of criminality in a city. People with enough money leave this area, leaving the ones who can't do the same to their fates. It deals with an underlying racism, the fact that black american families are not welcome among the white people who have been living there, there is no spirit of community. And I think the woman who says "i'm 3,000 miles away" remembers of the days she used to live in this area, even if she would rather not remember the vivid memories of an assault. It may deal with a post-traumatic memory that comes to her mind and she has to convince herself that she is away from this area and that this doesn't happen to her all over again even if it seems real. But nevertheless the memories and the city that was her home are engraved in her soul. Maybe she feels guilty about having fled, because it didn't change a thing about what is still going on there. | |
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