| Lou Reed – Romeo Had Juliette Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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Romeo Rodriguez is giving Juliette a DIY abortion, just in case it's not clear. "Inside his pants he hides a mop to clean the mess that he has dropped into the life of lithesome Juliette Bell." "The perfume burned his eyes holding tightly to her thighs and then something flickered for a minute and then it vanished and was gone." This, against the backdrop of the steaming pile of shit New York was in the 80s during the crack epidemic. And: "Brother give me another tote those downtown hoods are no damn good those Italians need a lesson to be taught" And it is "tote," not "toke." - The "tote" is a gun, as in "gun-toting." |
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| Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Guinnevere Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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I always wondered if the narrator was a ghost. There are a few hints in the song suggesting that the narrator is a ghost watching a woman he loved: First verse: "Why can't she see me?" This one in particular could be written off as not being noticed by a woman he's in love with, but it persists in the next verses: Second verse: "As she turns her gaze down the slope to the harbor where I lay, anchored for a day." A harborside grave? A seafaring accident? Does "a day" mean that, to the narrator facing eternity, the rest of her life is like a day by comparison? Why is he "laying"? That's an interesting choice of things to do when "anchored." Third verse: "I sing in silent harmony...we shall be free." Silent harmony is an interesting couplet, with the idea of "we shall be free" when she finally passes on to eternity to spend it with him? This could just be wistful hopefulness of a guy in love with a woman who doesn't notice him, but I notice that all three verses have, right at the end, suggestions that the narrator is observing her from beyond. |
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