Soldier Jane

i think its "gamblers light candles for the dice"

I can't believe nobody has commented. Beck is a musical genius! Well... I can't guess what it's about, but he does have a tendancy to relate his feelings in metaphors.

No one cares what dress she wears at all Tattered rags and paper bags and all She’s the one sleeping in the dirt Drag her down, don’t let her drown in dirt

Lovers drag their canes across the gates Gamblers light candles for the days No one wake her up, she’s sleeping still So put a candle on her window sill

Soldier Jane, don’t be afraid Take your heart out of the shell Take your heart out of the shell Throw it away

Stars, they strike the darkness in the room Knives, they take the poison from the wound Cars, they drive us down into the ruins We sweep our cares away with dirty brooms

Soldier Jane, don’t be afraid Take your heart out of the shell Take your heart out of the shell Throw it away

generally makes more sense.

I love this song.

It sounds..sweet.

Like he's in love =)

I think it might be about a dead/dying girl. I mean who else "sleep[s] in the dirt" but dead people? It sounds to me like a girl in drying in a room. "No one wake her up she's sleeping still"- that's like something a family member or a lover would say when they know their significant other is dead. There's more to be said, but it's easier to picture it than to say it.

Also, I think the very last line is

"don't be afraid"

I think it is about a homeless woman fighting the fight that only homeless people can fight, "soldier Jane". I don't know if Beck is atheist; but I believe the "light a candle" is a catholic jab saying that the church doesn't really help it lights a candle and hopes for the best.

Nobody does it like beck, I can't help but think he is atheist.

You have the power of the internet at your fingers, and yet... Beck is a Scientologist. It's well-known.