My favorite thing is how this is one single story line, not 3 examples of outward doormats with inner strength. It's the justified betrayal of this CEO, this man who takes repeated advantage of his accountant and his wife, and when the moment is right and his gaurd is fully down, and they can no longer stand it...
There it is. They've gone behind his back, his walking on them is over, and they've got the upper hand they've deserved all along.
The genuis is in the rhyme scheme. Intra-verse rhyme...Vienna is a smart poet. She doesn;t take many chances where her MUSIC is concerned, it's always very pretty...but you don't often find a songwriter who writes wongs that also work on a poetic level. Just look at "Recessional"
Wow, I really like your interpretation! I had originally thought this song was 3 stories, but that didn't make sense to me, you know? The way you linked them really made it click in my head. So, thank you :)
Wow, I really like your interpretation! I had originally thought this song was 3 stories, but that didn't make sense to me, you know? The way you linked them really made it click in my head. So, thank you :)
But I have a question, if I may ask. "He" is the accountant, "she" is his wife, and "you" are the boss and husband...but who am "I"? "I am the last one you'd ever suspect/of setting the fire/but as you switch on your t.v. tomorrow morning/you'll hear me saying quietly"...who am "I"?...
But I have a question, if I may ask. "He" is the accountant, "she" is his wife, and "you" are the boss and husband...but who am "I"? "I am the last one you'd ever suspect/of setting the fire/but as you switch on your t.v. tomorrow morning/you'll hear me saying quietly"...who am "I"?
My favorite thing is how this is one single story line, not 3 examples of outward doormats with inner strength. It's the justified betrayal of this CEO, this man who takes repeated advantage of his accountant and his wife, and when the moment is right and his gaurd is fully down, and they can no longer stand it... There it is. They've gone behind his back, his walking on them is over, and they've got the upper hand they've deserved all along.
The genuis is in the rhyme scheme. Intra-verse rhyme...Vienna is a smart poet. She doesn;t take many chances where her MUSIC is concerned, it's always very pretty...but you don't often find a songwriter who writes wongs that also work on a poetic level. Just look at "Recessional"
Wow, I really like your interpretation! I had originally thought this song was 3 stories, but that didn't make sense to me, you know? The way you linked them really made it click in my head. So, thank you :)
Wow, I really like your interpretation! I had originally thought this song was 3 stories, but that didn't make sense to me, you know? The way you linked them really made it click in my head. So, thank you :)
But I have a question, if I may ask. "He" is the accountant, "she" is his wife, and "you" are the boss and husband...but who am "I"? "I am the last one you'd ever suspect/of setting the fire/but as you switch on your t.v. tomorrow morning/you'll hear me saying quietly"...who am "I"?...
But I have a question, if I may ask. "He" is the accountant, "she" is his wife, and "you" are the boss and husband...but who am "I"? "I am the last one you'd ever suspect/of setting the fire/but as you switch on your t.v. tomorrow morning/you'll hear me saying quietly"...who am "I"?