| Rodriguez – Cause Lyrics | 2 years ago |
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@[EstArchangel:46425] I agree with much of what you've said with a few notes. Here is my take: The general theme of the song is disillusionment. Broadly with life, specifically with work and women. Verse one. He lost his job and felt so low that he prayed for help, but didn't feel like his prayers were received because his problems aren't important enough for Jesus to care. 'The rain drank champagne' - his sadness was celebrating its triumph - wallowing in misery. 'My estonian archangel (a female friend) came and got me wasted. Coz the sweetest kiss I ever got is the one I've never tasted. ' They got high and he wanted to kiss her but was too afraid - unrequited love/lust. 'But they'll take their bonus pay to Molly McDonald, Neon ladies, beauty is that which obeys, is bought or borrowed'. I think "they" are those men lucky enough to still have jobs. He is envious that they can afford a woman's affection. His cynical take on beauty underpins his growing feelings of rejection by women. Verse two: 'Cause my heart's become a crooked hotel full of rumors But it's I who pays the rent for these fingered-face out-of-tuners' He feels used and he pays the price for becoming attached to women who he sleeps with who don't share his feelings. They stay in his heart and he pays the rent. Although it wasn't immediately obvious, I believe 'fingered-face out-of-tuners' is a vitriolic description of orgasming women. 'And I make sixteen solid half hour friendships every evening'. I could be wrong, but the 8hr duration makes me think this is shift work, possibly at a 24hr bar. 'Cause your queen of hearts who is half a stone And likes to laugh alone is always threatening you with leaving'. My favorite line. All his 'friendships' (barflys) have the same relationship problems and that is why they are so easy to relate to. 'Oh but they play those token games on Willy Thompson'. A veiled reference to women toying with men's hearts by playing with their dicks. 'And give a medal to replace the son of Mrs. Annie Johnson'. The perceived inequality of the sexes extended to the war where young men are killed and their mother's receive medals. 'Cause they told me everybody's got to pay their dues And I explained that I had overpaid them'. We come back to his employment situation. The notion that you have to work as a shit-kicker before moving up in the world. 'So overdued I went to the company store And the clerk there said that they had just been invaded.' He tries to get another job (or his old one back) but they are overrun with applicants and he is unsuccessful. So he leaves... 'So I set sail in a teardrop and escaped beneath the doorsill'. He feels so low he could slip under the door. 'Cause the smell of her perfume echoes in my head still'. Loneliness. A throwback to his yearning for female companionship/unrequited love. 'Cause I see my people trying to drown the sun In weekends of whiskey sours.' Everyone is using alcohol to escape the mundanity of their lives/jobs/relationships. 'Cause how many times can you wake up in this comic book and plant flowers?'. A comic book is a two-dimensional, shallow world. Why continue to strive and plan when the fruits of your labor cannot ever be enjoyed? Why plant flowers that nobody will ever get to smell. |
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