| Tom Waits – Soldier's Things Lyrics | 4 years ago |
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"Sigh"... the precious naivete' of those yet untroubled by melancholy, grief or despair.... This song setting is an estate sale for an old soldier who has passed away. It is a commentary on the meaninglessness of life - all these things (and its not much) are all that's left of someone who lived long, served their country, tried to have a life after...yet all of it is being sold by disinterested people (relatives? Nursing home staff?) to other disinterested people for the princely sum of a dollar an item. We like to think we matter. That our lives meant something, that our legacy will continue after we are gone, that people will remember us and cherish the memories. However, too often its like this song - we are gone, and nobody cares, and the sum total of our lives is in a box for a dollar an item. Maybe some things will sell, the rest will he thrown in the trash at the end of the day, and we will be forever Truly gone. Its the dark side of life, and Tom Waits loves to wallow in it, simmer in it and serve it up to us with a sly wink, reminding us that our happy little lives are really not all rainbows and unicorns. Hint - its a reality we don't like to face, but it doesn't have to be that way... |
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