| The Tragically Hip – Put It Off Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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Yes, it's about the birth of a child. Gord's trying to find a way to "feel" about the whole father thing. All of the verses are juxtaposing his actions in opposition to what he knows or thinks he "should" feel about a new born. In the first verse, Gord is challenging his love for the written word versus the power of parenting. "Sure babies might be cute, but words can be more nasty than babies can be cute" he suspects, but after he's done writing he's torn/unconvinced by the experiment. The second verse is a similar comparison in that I'm pretty sure Gord would have a pretty strong dislike for religious extremists, but he is testing the waters by creating some distasteful art in their genre. Once again, he's unconvinced by the test. Lastly, is a final effort to convince himself once and for all that his new baby really is amazing. Everyone else I'm sure would have been telling him about how "gorgeous" the new baby was (cuz that's what you're supposed to say) but he's unconvinced by all the intentionally systematic flattery. He's like "it's just a crying and pooping organism, I don't see what the big deal is. It's kind of unadorned." I believe Gord also sees the album "Love Tara by Eric's Trip" as kind of a blah piece of work lacking in depth and meaning. The album was pretty highly regarded at the time, but he just couldn't find anything cute about it. It was unadorned as are most babies in their first couple weeks. In the end, I don't think any of the experiments helped as the outro seems to perpetuate the lack of ultimate solution on the subject. |
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