I love this song. A friend gave it to me and I really liked it, but then I heard it on the show 'Sports Night' as the unofficial theme for Dana and Casey's relationship and I just adored it. It's beautiful, even though I don't understand all of it (such as "thinker, soldier terrified"). Gorgeous melody and I can feel his helplessness when faced with this girl, whoever she is!
@xanya My take: "Thinker, soldier terrified" is about the masculine perspective of the narrator and his anxieties over falling in love. masculinity comes with the social expectations of being in control (of your own emotions, your own life, if not more), of being rational and intellectually powerful ("thinker"), and of being physically/psychologically powerful ("soldier"). But he thinks his love for this She Who Will Have Her Way will lead him to act against what his rational self might advise himself to do. He travels far and wide to try to escape her, to move on, to follow what he thinks...
@xanya My take: "Thinker, soldier terrified" is about the masculine perspective of the narrator and his anxieties over falling in love. masculinity comes with the social expectations of being in control (of your own emotions, your own life, if not more), of being rational and intellectually powerful ("thinker"), and of being physically/psychologically powerful ("soldier"). But he thinks his love for this She Who Will Have Her Way will lead him to act against what his rational self might advise himself to do. He travels far and wide to try to escape her, to move on, to follow what he thinks is the rational way forward. But by not following his heart he's just a "dying man doing time." So he realizes that he has to relinquish a bit of control and to some degree readjust how he views himself if he wants to move forward - at least, eventually, after time has finally worn his resistance to what he truly wants.
I love this song. A friend gave it to me and I really liked it, but then I heard it on the show 'Sports Night' as the unofficial theme for Dana and Casey's relationship and I just adored it. It's beautiful, even though I don't understand all of it (such as "thinker, soldier terrified"). Gorgeous melody and I can feel his helplessness when faced with this girl, whoever she is!
@xanya My take: "Thinker, soldier terrified" is about the masculine perspective of the narrator and his anxieties over falling in love. masculinity comes with the social expectations of being in control (of your own emotions, your own life, if not more), of being rational and intellectually powerful ("thinker"), and of being physically/psychologically powerful ("soldier"). But he thinks his love for this She Who Will Have Her Way will lead him to act against what his rational self might advise himself to do. He travels far and wide to try to escape her, to move on, to follow what he thinks...
@xanya My take: "Thinker, soldier terrified" is about the masculine perspective of the narrator and his anxieties over falling in love. masculinity comes with the social expectations of being in control (of your own emotions, your own life, if not more), of being rational and intellectually powerful ("thinker"), and of being physically/psychologically powerful ("soldier"). But he thinks his love for this She Who Will Have Her Way will lead him to act against what his rational self might advise himself to do. He travels far and wide to try to escape her, to move on, to follow what he thinks is the rational way forward. But by not following his heart he's just a "dying man doing time." So he realizes that he has to relinquish a bit of control and to some degree readjust how he views himself if he wants to move forward - at least, eventually, after time has finally worn his resistance to what he truly wants.