to me, this song and shaking through are interconnected...aside from being symmetrically placed on murmur, one is the third and the other the third to last song on the album, they are the mellowest, moaniest, most etheral tracks...they are both four minutes long . . .
both kick off with the theme of speaking out but not being heard, of isolation. "shaking through" begins with the question "could it be that one small voice doesn't count in the room?" laughing starts off referencing the story of Laocoon, who in Greek mythology warned the Trojans that it might be a bad idea to allow the infamous horse into their city and was then killed along with his two sons for speaking out... (note michael stipe begins his characteristic gender flipping that marked his career)
...Laocoon in this song represents people who are "lighted," having more wisdom, but were met with scorn and hav to hide themselves away...all the "light" is now in the room...they had to "run the gamut" and "settle new" to "find a place fit to laugh"...demonstrating the trials of the unique
to me, this song and shaking through are interconnected...aside from being symmetrically placed on murmur, one is the third and the other the third to last song on the album, they are the mellowest, moaniest, most etheral tracks...they are both four minutes long . . .
both kick off with the theme of speaking out but not being heard, of isolation. "shaking through" begins with the question "could it be that one small voice doesn't count in the room?" laughing starts off referencing the story of Laocoon, who in Greek mythology warned the Trojans that it might be a bad idea to allow the infamous horse into their city and was then killed along with his two sons for speaking out... (note michael stipe begins his characteristic gender flipping that marked his career)
...Laocoon in this song represents people who are "lighted," having more wisdom, but were met with scorn and hav to hide themselves away...all the "light" is now in the room...they had to "run the gamut" and "settle new" to "find a place fit to laugh"...demonstrating the trials of the unique
@ZinbobDan I think that you may be on the right frequency
@ZinbobDan I think that you may be on the right frequency