Lilsista and Online: I think you're both right about this song but I also think the lyrics are more accusatory than you say.
MoogleDr: I think your interpretation is reasonable but is way too charitable to Ms. Crow.
I think she's saying this:
There are two kinds of people in the world: the oppressed and the oppressors. James Dean Monroe and Crow's pregnant friend are among the oppressed, who find it "hard to make a stand". The rest of us, the oppressors,
-- refuse to give money to bums at the supermarket because of our "big suspicions" and
-- murder people at abortion clinics because of our "big guns and small ambitions" and
-- waste effort "arguing over who is God" instead of making this earth a humanist paradise.
Clearly we oppressors "all need a revelation".
So does Sheryl Crow think of herself as an oppressor or one of the oppressed? Is she finding it "hard to make a stand"?
Believe it or not, I love this song and think it shows off Crow's great talent. If, however, in some alternate universe, I had invented this song's music, the lyrics would be completely different.
Lilsista and Online: I think you're both right about this song but I also think the lyrics are more accusatory than you say.
MoogleDr: I think your interpretation is reasonable but is way too charitable to Ms. Crow.
I think she's saying this: There are two kinds of people in the world: the oppressed and the oppressors. James Dean Monroe and Crow's pregnant friend are among the oppressed, who find it "hard to make a stand". The rest of us, the oppressors, -- refuse to give money to bums at the supermarket because of our "big suspicions" and -- murder people at abortion clinics because of our "big guns and small ambitions" and -- waste effort "arguing over who is God" instead of making this earth a humanist paradise. Clearly we oppressors "all need a revelation".
So does Sheryl Crow think of herself as an oppressor or one of the oppressed? Is she finding it "hard to make a stand"?
Believe it or not, I love this song and think it shows off Crow's great talent. If, however, in some alternate universe, I had invented this song's music, the lyrics would be completely different.