Lyric discussion by lemonaderain 

"I thought it was 'If a body catch a body,'" I said. "Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids, and nobody's around— nobody big, I mean— except me. And I'm standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff— I mean if they're running and they don't look where they're going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. That's all I'd do all day. I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it's crazy, but that's the only thing I'd really like to be. I know it's crazy."

love it. catcher in the rye is a great book. love the connection

God damn i love that book, it connects directly to the underlying meaning behind the song. Just like this song, The Catcher in the Rye has a very deep underlying meaning behind it that most people just do not see. I absolutely love the connection you made between this song and that book. The loss of innocence is very hard to deal with as a child and our parents try to keep this from happening, but eventually it has to happen. I have had to deal with depression since i was in 6th grade, i've definitely lost my innocence, but...

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