| Phil Ochs – Flower Lady Lyrics | 5 years ago |
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Two queries about this song. The lyrics read "painter paints his brushes back," but Phil clearly sings "painter paints his brushes black," which makes more sense. Also, I have no idea what Phil means by "wrinkled hands pound weary holes" Any ideas? |
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| Dar Williams – Calling the Moon Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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Ian's interpretation is illuminating! "The trees appeared as if they'd never been gone" is my favorite line. The first verse is a chilling introduction to moonlight. Ian sees Dar as a traveler and truth seeker -and I agree- but I also see her as the artist. Dar wanted to be a playwright, so, the allusion to Tennessee Williams (they share the same last name) is probably correct. The moon finds not Dar's own version of her beauty but the introspective crumbling walls and moth eaten robes of the artist. When Dar says "I know what its worth to tug at the sees and illumine the earth," she is speaking of the influence of the artist. The shift of point of view from Dar to the moon, who says -"Oh, make sense of me night. I can see so much from this cold height...but their (humans) anger keeps on rising and they don't understand." The frustration belongs to the moon and to the artist. |
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