| Joe Jackson – Steppin Out Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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This is about a couple who have been together for a long time. They have over a decade together. They love each other, but there are problems just like everyone. They are troubled and that they come from families where there was pain and needs and longing. So they grew up with grief. It didn’t just arrive when somebody died. They walk around side-by-side with grief all the way through life. They feel the pain of that grief and never really leaves them. It is precisely because they have felt the nearness and presence of grief that they turned to the outlet of an evening out in the city and entertainment to provide some sort of balance. This isn’t a new thing either. Back when they were younger night clubbing was a daily or frequent ritual. Dressing up with a big part of going out. It was never a dreary grey effort. There is something about going out which seems to be life affirming. The effort goes into and the love of the surroundings and elevated atmosphere is profoundly therapeutic. Although they used to go out a lot almost like a professional club going couple. They have a sort of understanding that if you go out a lot, it isn’t always something that you enjoy. It can be tinged with sadness. It can be an empty experience. It just depends. But on this occasion it’s a while since they’ve been doing that regularly. And reconnecting with that nightlife is a way for them to connect with this life affirming part of themselves. It’s an affirmation of life. It is an affirmation of their appearance. And of making themselves beautiful. So it goes far beyond a simple night out. It’s about making oneself into the best one can be. Celebrating one’s life. It’s like refusing to be ground down by things. So they decide to step out. The act of Doing so is an act of kindness to each other. the warmth and depth of the experience isn’t lost on his partner who is weeping. they are reconnecting with a more innocent part of themselves.. they are cleansed of some ugliness either in their life or the past when they dress up and fare forth into the night. it is like a reclamation of the soul. The innocence and the beauty of the moment and of what the night out means is what they are feeling as they sit on the cab looking at the lights through the window. He is basically explaining to us that these seemingly superficial things can be profoundly therapeutic profoundly generous acts of love towards oneself. It is about the depth of choosing glamour and beauty in evening surroundings. That it is not always a shallow thing when one does this. That glamour and beauty can touch the soul and lift the soul sometimes when needed. |
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| Suzanne Vega – Luka Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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This is about a abused child. At the mercy of their parents. And it is sung in such a manner that communicates to me that Suzanne is a victim of child abuse which is very common. I’m guessing Suzanne was a victim of physical abuse and verbal abuse and emotional abuse. Quite bad abuse really. A lot of abandonment and rejection. A lot of trauma. I think she has a lot of developmental trauma. Which probably led to addiction of some sort as an adult. The lyrics are about how even children develop strong defences to repel anyone who would like to help. This is because it’s too painful for them to acknowledge their feelings. And they are suspicious of all adults. Probably because of the trauma. in the lyrics the child says it’s not your business anyway. Meaning they are not willing to open up to any adult. They are suspicious and frightened and don’t trust people. Even someone as harmless -looking Suzanne Vega. |
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| Suzanne Vega – Marlene On The Wall Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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Here Suzanne is shadowboxing with an invisible opponent. She cannot make sense of the situation and she is grasping at straws about the sexual content being the cause of the problem. Ultimately she’s dealing with the sinister narcissistic lover who she cannot figure out because they are creepy and weird. Their strategies destroy the self. So she feels as though she has been snookered by this romantic liaison. She is trying to make sense of it but she can’t see what it is no matter how hard she looks. I’m guessing she is the victim of narcissistic abuse either from parents or partner or both. And this is her looking at this love affair and trying to make sense of it. And failing. She says she is fighting things she cannot see. This means that her reality is obscured to her. This is as a result of the fusion and undifferentiation of the self. There is no differentiated self with which to fight. Therefore she has lost in the mind of her abusive narcissistic parents or family member or partner. It is this un-differentiation which causes all the confusion. She makes reference to that picture of Marlene Dietrich who she interprets as telling her she didn’t make the right moves and this is what caused the problem. Perhaps he was to generous with her sexual affections. She should have been more calculating. She is reaching out for help and I think that is why she refers to destiny and she thinks she is changing. But the solution eludes her. she has not yet figured out this problem. but she is reaching out and she is trying. there is a horrible sense of inevitability about it all and that’s why she refers to destiny. |
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