Women from back in the days of plantation slaves and voodoo, to working girls today who use their sexuality as their magick ... I think it's about remaining true to the pagan religion of the earth, especially as a female, because you're inherently more in tune with it ...
shrug eloquence is lost on me. The song has such great imagery, though.
@darkspot I like this, especially insofar as I also like and VERY much agree with the commenters who say this is about America and/or The Native Americans who were in tune with the land and lost it, but I think if they do not mention that there is this other layer of meaning applicable quite specifically to women, another crucial layer is missed (and yea, I realize and do, ALSO agree—I just agree with it all, LOL—that Gaia/“Mother Earth” is coded feminine, but I don’t think recognition of this metaphor makes a more explicit reading like yours, and mine, which...
@darkspot I like this, especially insofar as I also like and VERY much agree with the commenters who say this is about America and/or The Native Americans who were in tune with the land and lost it, but I think if they do not mention that there is this other layer of meaning applicable quite specifically to women, another crucial layer is missed (and yea, I realize and do, ALSO agree—I just agree with it all, LOL—that Gaia/“Mother Earth” is coded feminine, but I don’t think recognition of this metaphor makes a more explicit reading like yours, and mine, which directly attributes the protagonist’s plight as also representing what often happens to the female identity in certain patriarchy, particularly this one!). So, in short, the brilliance of this song, to me, is the layers of meaning and how they all just click together… the rape of the land occurred via the erasure of a people which occurred via the rape and erasure of identity or so, so many women, and it all begins with the Native American tribes, but continued and was interwoven through slavery and then the terrible treatment of women in general, especially those of the lower classes—we all suffer from being spiritually detached from the land, America espouses values and forgets them repeatedly, let alone the purposeful erasure of the original cultures! It’s cyclical and the trauma endures.
@darkspot I like this, especially insofar as I also like and VERY much agree with the commenters who say this is about America and/or The Native Americans who were in tune with the land and lost it, but I think if they do not mention that there is this other layer of meaning applicable quite specifically to women, another crucial layer is missed (and yea, I realize and do, ALSO agree—I just agree with it all, LOL—that Gaia/“Mother Earth” is coded feminine, but I don’t think recognition of this metaphor makes a more explicit reading like yours, and mine, which...
@darkspot I like this, especially insofar as I also like and VERY much agree with the commenters who say this is about America and/or The Native Americans who were in tune with the land and lost it, but I think if they do not mention that there is this other layer of meaning applicable quite specifically to women, another crucial layer is missed (and yea, I realize and do, ALSO agree—I just agree with it all, LOL—that Gaia/“Mother Earth” is coded feminine, but I don’t think recognition of this metaphor makes a more explicit reading like yours, and mine, which directly attributes the protagonist’s plight as also representing what often happens to the female identity in certain patriarchy, particularly this one!). So, in short, the brilliance of this song, to me, is the layers of meaning and how they all just click together… the rape of the land occurred via the erasure of a people which occurred via the rape and erasure of identity or so, so many women, and it all begins with the Native American tribes, but continued and was interwoven through slavery and then the terrible treatment of women in general, especially those of the lower classes—we all suffer from being spiritually detached from the land, America espouses values and forgets them repeatedly, let alone the purposeful erasure of the original cultures! It’s cyclical and the trauma endures. OH and yes, all are removed from their innate magic by being removed from the land and forgetting who they are. People in general, cultures that are destroyed especially, and then women especially—who are both revered and destroyed for this same thing. It might be this, that you rightly observed, that I feel so strongly in this song, that makes me most inclined to read it not only as about America and the Native Americans, but women in general, as well.
Women from back in the days of plantation slaves and voodoo, to working girls today who use their sexuality as their magick ... I think it's about remaining true to the pagan religion of the earth, especially as a female, because you're inherently more in tune with it ... shrug eloquence is lost on me. The song has such great imagery, though.
@darkspot I like this, especially insofar as I also like and VERY much agree with the commenters who say this is about America and/or The Native Americans who were in tune with the land and lost it, but I think if they do not mention that there is this other layer of meaning applicable quite specifically to women, another crucial layer is missed (and yea, I realize and do, ALSO agree—I just agree with it all, LOL—that Gaia/“Mother Earth” is coded feminine, but I don’t think recognition of this metaphor makes a more explicit reading like yours, and mine, which...
@darkspot I like this, especially insofar as I also like and VERY much agree with the commenters who say this is about America and/or The Native Americans who were in tune with the land and lost it, but I think if they do not mention that there is this other layer of meaning applicable quite specifically to women, another crucial layer is missed (and yea, I realize and do, ALSO agree—I just agree with it all, LOL—that Gaia/“Mother Earth” is coded feminine, but I don’t think recognition of this metaphor makes a more explicit reading like yours, and mine, which directly attributes the protagonist’s plight as also representing what often happens to the female identity in certain patriarchy, particularly this one!). So, in short, the brilliance of this song, to me, is the layers of meaning and how they all just click together… the rape of the land occurred via the erasure of a people which occurred via the rape and erasure of identity or so, so many women, and it all begins with the Native American tribes, but continued and was interwoven through slavery and then the terrible treatment of women in general, especially those of the lower classes—we all suffer from being spiritually detached from the land, America espouses values and forgets them repeatedly, let alone the purposeful erasure of the original cultures! It’s cyclical and the trauma endures.
@darkspot I like this, especially insofar as I also like and VERY much agree with the commenters who say this is about America and/or The Native Americans who were in tune with the land and lost it, but I think if they do not mention that there is this other layer of meaning applicable quite specifically to women, another crucial layer is missed (and yea, I realize and do, ALSO agree—I just agree with it all, LOL—that Gaia/“Mother Earth” is coded feminine, but I don’t think recognition of this metaphor makes a more explicit reading like yours, and mine, which...
@darkspot I like this, especially insofar as I also like and VERY much agree with the commenters who say this is about America and/or The Native Americans who were in tune with the land and lost it, but I think if they do not mention that there is this other layer of meaning applicable quite specifically to women, another crucial layer is missed (and yea, I realize and do, ALSO agree—I just agree with it all, LOL—that Gaia/“Mother Earth” is coded feminine, but I don’t think recognition of this metaphor makes a more explicit reading like yours, and mine, which directly attributes the protagonist’s plight as also representing what often happens to the female identity in certain patriarchy, particularly this one!). So, in short, the brilliance of this song, to me, is the layers of meaning and how they all just click together… the rape of the land occurred via the erasure of a people which occurred via the rape and erasure of identity or so, so many women, and it all begins with the Native American tribes, but continued and was interwoven through slavery and then the terrible treatment of women in general, especially those of the lower classes—we all suffer from being spiritually detached from the land, America espouses values and forgets them repeatedly, let alone the purposeful erasure of the original cultures! It’s cyclical and the trauma endures. OH and yes, all are removed from their innate magic by being removed from the land and forgetting who they are. People in general, cultures that are destroyed especially, and then women especially—who are both revered and destroyed for this same thing. It might be this, that you rightly observed, that I feel so strongly in this song, that makes me most inclined to read it not only as about America and the Native Americans, but women in general, as well.