It follows a particularly direct and gruff INS officer that is interrogating an illegal mexican immigrant. The immigrant is just a pawn, the INS officer really wants someone else.
He finds out the man was a fisherman by trade, and talks about doing his own fishing. Perhaps he is just remembering the experiences from his childhood.....maybe he is trying to intimidate the mexican.....
Anyway, the end of the song is Mexican's response....which I read as being, "F-you", an unwillingness to snitch.
I think that when he talks about his fishing he is becoming human for a few minutes. He forgets who he's talking to for a second and just sees him as a person. He reads about fishing and thinks "If you get the chance, you should try to get up to Lake Michigan." Then he remembers and says, "Well maybe but then again, anyway...where were we then." It happens again when he says "My dad, used to rent us this place in Ontario..." and goes on about that. When he says "He used to say that God rewards us for...
I think that when he talks about his fishing he is becoming human for a few minutes. He forgets who he's talking to for a second and just sees him as a person. He reads about fishing and thinks "If you get the chance, you should try to get up to Lake Michigan." Then he remembers and says, "Well maybe but then again, anyway...where were we then." It happens again when he says "My dad, used to rent us this place in Ontario..." and goes on about that. When he says "He used to say that God rewards us for letting the small ones go" that was also a metaphor for what he was doing. He wasn't going to deport him if he helped him to find more people.
You're right on about the end. It is saying "f-you," and also that he will figure it out. He doesn't need to snitch and he'll be okay, as there's lots to do back home. "They're waiting there for me and, running deep."
Oh, I forgot to say what this song means...
It follows a particularly direct and gruff INS officer that is interrogating an illegal mexican immigrant. The immigrant is just a pawn, the INS officer really wants someone else.
He finds out the man was a fisherman by trade, and talks about doing his own fishing. Perhaps he is just remembering the experiences from his childhood.....maybe he is trying to intimidate the mexican.....
Anyway, the end of the song is Mexican's response....which I read as being, "F-you", an unwillingness to snitch.
I think that when he talks about his fishing he is becoming human for a few minutes. He forgets who he's talking to for a second and just sees him as a person. He reads about fishing and thinks "If you get the chance, you should try to get up to Lake Michigan." Then he remembers and says, "Well maybe but then again, anyway...where were we then." It happens again when he says "My dad, used to rent us this place in Ontario..." and goes on about that. When he says "He used to say that God rewards us for...
I think that when he talks about his fishing he is becoming human for a few minutes. He forgets who he's talking to for a second and just sees him as a person. He reads about fishing and thinks "If you get the chance, you should try to get up to Lake Michigan." Then he remembers and says, "Well maybe but then again, anyway...where were we then." It happens again when he says "My dad, used to rent us this place in Ontario..." and goes on about that. When he says "He used to say that God rewards us for letting the small ones go" that was also a metaphor for what he was doing. He wasn't going to deport him if he helped him to find more people.
You're right on about the end. It is saying "f-you," and also that he will figure it out. He doesn't need to snitch and he'll be okay, as there's lots to do back home. "They're waiting there for me and, running deep."