quite nice interpretation, though some parts i'd make out otherwise, for example:
"bring the cautionary tales to reactionary table"
"the angry bear" (instead of angry bed:)
"for their buddies and their babies and their hometown pushers"
and i always understand "i mean" instead of "have been" in the chorus, but of course, your interpretation makes much more sense. though the lines "i mean living in this world / i mean eating in this world / i mean breathing in this world/ rain on, rain on, rain on" affect me much more, it's like all the chaos and absurdity of the world is being conveyed through this chorus. i always listen to it in a volume that's going to rip up my eardrums :)
anyway, The Golden River is a masterpiece, one of the best records i've ever heard. i keep listening to it almost daily since i discovered it, and it has been for about three months now! :) i just can't understand, why such an amazing band is being so overlooked. no hype like around their canadian fellows Arcade Fire or Wolf Parade, though i think they're much bigger... there is so much awesome music coming from Canada nowadays, i think i'm going to move there :)
quite nice interpretation, though some parts i'd make out otherwise, for example:
"bring the cautionary tales to reactionary table"
"the angry bear" (instead of angry bed:)
"for their buddies and their babies and their hometown pushers"
and i always understand "i mean" instead of "have been" in the chorus, but of course, your interpretation makes much more sense. though the lines "i mean living in this world / i mean eating in this world / i mean breathing in this world/ rain on, rain on, rain on" affect me much more, it's like all the chaos and absurdity of the world is being conveyed through this chorus. i always listen to it in a volume that's going to rip up my eardrums :)
anyway, The Golden River is a masterpiece, one of the best records i've ever heard. i keep listening to it almost daily since i discovered it, and it has been for about three months now! :) i just can't understand, why such an amazing band is being so overlooked. no hype like around their canadian fellows Arcade Fire or Wolf Parade, though i think they're much bigger... there is so much awesome music coming from Canada nowadays, i think i'm going to move there :)