Classic love story true to his western tx roots. One of my favorites as a story, but I think there are alot of songs that are amazing not even listed on this site. I guess I should figure out how to add them, because I have about 8 REK cd's.
As I walk along these streets
I see a man that walks alone
Distant echo of people's feet
He has no place to call his own
A shot rings out from a roof overhead
A crackhead asks for change nearby
An old man lies in an alleyway dead
A little girl lost just stands there and cries
What would you do, if it was you
Would you take everything
For granted like you do
A boy just thirteen on the corner for sale
Swallows his pride for another hit
Overpopulation there's no room in jail
But most of you don't give a shit
That your daughters are porno stars
And your sons sell death to kids
You're so lost in your little worlds
Your little worlds you'll never fix
You turn away
You turn away
You turn away
You turn away
As I walk along the streets
Soaking up the acid rain
Underneath the taxi cabs
I hear the streets cry out in vain
I see a man that walks alone
Distant echo of people's feet
He has no place to call his own
A shot rings out from a roof overhead
A crackhead asks for change nearby
An old man lies in an alleyway dead
A little girl lost just stands there and cries
What would you do, if it was you
Would you take everything
For granted like you do
A boy just thirteen on the corner for sale
Swallows his pride for another hit
Overpopulation there's no room in jail
But most of you don't give a shit
That your daughters are porno stars
And your sons sell death to kids
You're so lost in your little worlds
Your little worlds you'll never fix
You turn away
You turn away
You turn away
You turn away
As I walk along the streets
Soaking up the acid rain
Underneath the taxi cabs
I hear the streets cry out in vain
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This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
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Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell gives Adam Reader some heartfelt insight into Jane’s Addiction's hard rock manifesto "Mountain Song", which was the second single from their revolutionary album Nothing's Shocking. Mountain song was first recorded in 1986 and appeared on the soundtrack to the film Dudes starring Jon Cryer. The version on Nothing's Shocking was re-recorded in 1988.
"'Mountain Song' was actually about... I hate to say it but... drugs. Climbing this mountain and getting as high as you can, and then coming down that mountain," reveals Farrell. "What it feels to descend from the mountain top... not easy at all. The ascension is tough but exhilarating. Getting down is... it's a real bummer. Drugs is not for everybody obviously. For me, I wanted to experience the heights, and the lows come along with it."
"There's a part - 'Cash in now honey, cash in Miss Smith.' Miss Smith is my Mother; our last name was Smith. Cashing in when she cashed in her life. So... she decided that, to her... at that time, she was desperate. Life wasn't worth it for her, that was her opinion. Some people think, never take your life, and some people find that their life isn't worth living. She was in love with my Dad, and my Dad was not faithful to her, and it broke her heart. She was very desperate and she did something that I know she regrets."
Usually I don't get involved in arguments on these posts since they're supposed to be about the songs meaning. But the meaning of this song to me is that you have to get involved in the world and try to fight the moral decay.
So many points to argue against in this conservative rant... First off, You don't like the way the conservatives are turned into a scape goat? Do unto others. I don't like the way you're scapegoating us liberals.
As for the girl who threw the baby out the window? Well let's think here for a second. A 13 year old girl gets pregnant. Her mother was probably afraid of taking her to an abortion clinic because of people like you standing around outside ready to hurl insults, lies, and anything close at hand at the murdering little whore. So instead, the child carries a child to term, and being mentally, emotionally, and psychologically unprepared for motherhood, throws the child out the window. And it's all the fault of the liberals. I'm not saying that it's right for a 13 year old to have sex, but it should be ok for her to NOT have to carry a child. The emotional and psychological scars of having an abortion would be enough punishment.
As for your examples of leftists... There's one very important figure you left out if we go by your definitions.
George W. Bush - He kills those who dare use religion to show how evil he is, not to mention how he uses Democracy as a means to control the Populace.
Kim Jong Il's nuclear threat? Gee, Didn't our country use that threat in a decades long cold war?
"Zarqawi isn't conservative. Uses violence to show distaste for ideologies other than his own. Also threatens to "bring down democracy."
George W. Bush - Uses violence to show distaste for ideologies other than his own. Also threatens to bring Democracy to the world.
Christian organizations don't open soup kitchens out of any desire to help people on the streets. If that was the case, then the homeless wouldn't be force fed Religion alongside their soup and bread.
I've worked with several organizations over the years that helped the homeless, and while they weren't religious organizations, They were far from atheist. You need to broaden your scope and stop taking such a narrow world view.
I won't deny that us liberals deserve some of the blame for the problems in this country, but the conservatives shoulder some of the responsibility as well. If the left and right up on capital hill could stop fighting for dominance and simply work for what's best for the country,..
As far as Britney, Christina and their Ilk go, they are pathetic and non political. If you want to attack prominent left wing musicians, Try P. Diddy. I'm sure that you believe his attempt to get the youth of the nation out to vote on election day was some leftist plot, while I believe that the apparent lack of youth turnout at the elections was a well devised conservative plot.
I leave you with this thought... "Emancipate yourself from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds." - Bob Marley