| Ani DiFranco – 'Tis of Thee Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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i think it's interesting how she shifts in this song. like: "the old dogs they got a new trick it's called criminalize the symptoms while you spread the disease" which clearly speaks about legislation and government. and fear.then she sings about her response to this subliminal injustice: "i hold on hard to something between my teeth when i'm sleeping and i wake up and my jaw aches" and then this: and the earth is full of earthquakes."what does that mean?she wakes up to destruction?waves of destruction? why is the poor man wearing a red cape? like little red ridding hood? i thought that was some reference to woman hood. perhaps innocence? in any case the point of that story is that she looses it. who has lost the innocence? the listener? the poor man? the accuser[s]? |
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