| The Gaslight Anthem – Howl Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| And actually, it looks like Brian is going his own way in terms of lyrics on this album, other than this song, he didn't incorporate or allude to other song lyrics into his songs. | |
| The Gaslight Anthem – Howl Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I would if Brian Fallon would stop making them. | |
| The Gaslight Anthem – Howl Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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This seems to be an allusion to Springsteen's "Thunder Road". Springsteen's anti-hero made his best pitch to Mary to run away with him, but we never get to know her answer, I guess I always assumed it was "yes". Not Brian Fallon. Perhaps Mary didn't like being called "you ain't no beauty, but hey you're alright". In this universe, Fallon picks up the story after Mary turns him down. It seems that Mary becomes educated and travels instead of running away. Now, she is back, and the anti-hero is still there, sorta waiting for her - and maybe a little hurt and jaded as he chides her "does anything move you since you're educated now". He's done chasing - "you can find me, I'm on the hood", yet hopes there is still magic left somewhere, maybe on the radio. He understands why she turned him down, with her doubts and fears, and seems to fondly remembers her and there seems to still be hope there. Other Allusions: "do you hear the thunder" - Thunder Road "in the way your dress would wave" - "Mary's dress waves" "find me on the hood" - "all th redemption I can offer girl is beneath this dirty hood" "oh radio, oh radio" - "as the radio plays, Roy Orbinson singin' for the lonely" "is there any magic left" - "show a little faith, there's magic in the night" |
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