Possibly one of the most intense songs on the album, I have attatched to it my own formulation of what i think Spencer Krug's getting at in with these, at times, "harsh" words about horses and angels. Firstly, I'd like to point out the contrast he's making between the european culture, exemplified in his visit to madrid where he could have been stripped down to a "horseman", a primal being devoid of western ideals. Westernites fled such a culture with "his cock in his hand." Although he seems to hold the european ideals of self expression to heart "if you ride over there they'll put bows in your hair". At the end of the piece, and by far one of the most exhillirating moments of the album, he screams, "if i was a horse I would throw up the reins," noting his inablity to be fixed in any particular cultural frame of thought, but rather buck off any stereotypes assosciated with a particular land. "you gotta ride me to a pasture" he closes, "on a ride to kiss all the wings."
Possibly one of the most intense songs on the album, I have attatched to it my own formulation of what i think Spencer Krug's getting at in with these, at times, "harsh" words about horses and angels. Firstly, I'd like to point out the contrast he's making between the european culture, exemplified in his visit to madrid where he could have been stripped down to a "horseman", a primal being devoid of western ideals. Westernites fled such a culture with "his cock in his hand." Although he seems to hold the european ideals of self expression to heart "if you ride over there they'll put bows in your hair". At the end of the piece, and by far one of the most exhillirating moments of the album, he screams, "if i was a horse I would throw up the reins," noting his inablity to be fixed in any particular cultural frame of thought, but rather buck off any stereotypes assosciated with a particular land. "you gotta ride me to a pasture" he closes, "on a ride to kiss all the wings."