Amazing song! just heard from the hipeponymous box set! I'm not good with song meanings but here's the impression i've got. It's as if gord is somewhat reflecting back along his career. The music styles of the hip over the years has changed a bit, some of of softer, some harder music. The "trouble at the henhouse/phantom power/violet light" era seemed to be the softer part, where some fans felt that the hip sold out on them (not me tho). And this seems like gord's defence saying i'm not trying to impress everyone, i just write/sing/play music, if you like it, fine, if you don't, fine. I got that part from the course "I am here
it's only me
I ain't freed nobody yet
it's just me
I'll just be a sec
I'm a cleaner, I'm no threat, no threat, no threat
I'm a reader, I'm no threat."
then there's the line "you die to your fans one window at at a time - that's right!"
but hen his response "but I'll get my mind's armies moving at full-stride"
i could be totally wrong, but this is just what i've got for some reason. Either way an awsome song by an awsome band and after 2 decades show no signs of slowing down. GO HIP GO!
Amazing song! just heard from the hipeponymous box set! I'm not good with song meanings but here's the impression i've got. It's as if gord is somewhat reflecting back along his career. The music styles of the hip over the years has changed a bit, some of of softer, some harder music. The "trouble at the henhouse/phantom power/violet light" era seemed to be the softer part, where some fans felt that the hip sold out on them (not me tho). And this seems like gord's defence saying i'm not trying to impress everyone, i just write/sing/play music, if you like it, fine, if you don't, fine. I got that part from the course "I am here it's only me I ain't freed nobody yet it's just me I'll just be a sec I'm a cleaner, I'm no threat, no threat, no threat I'm a reader, I'm no threat."
then there's the line "you die to your fans one window at at a time - that's right!" but hen his response "but I'll get my mind's armies moving at full-stride"
i could be totally wrong, but this is just what i've got for some reason. Either way an awsome song by an awsome band and after 2 decades show no signs of slowing down. GO HIP GO!