| Emmylou Harris – Michelangelo Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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@[Twinee1:31463] The name is derived from combing MIchael and Angelo. Micha El means "who is like God?" It is rhetorical and implies that no one is like God. Angelo is from a Greek word meaning messenger. The combination refers to the archangel Michael who is a warrior and a messenger from Heaven. I agree that the name is used by Emmylou as a veiled reference to Gram Parsons who gave a tremendous boost to Emmylou's career and then died just when things started to take off. The reference to dying in a field of thorn and roses strongly suggests Joshua Tree National Park, a place Parsons visited a lot and he died in the town of that name. A hawk flying overhead would be common in the desert there. There are many allusions to him in the song. |
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