bradburyesqu I don't think we can just say that Ophelia has not meaning in the song. Oh course she does! Actually, the beauty of this song isn't the longning it's the mystery behind Ophelia like RayMan had said. However, I wouldn't go diving too deep either. Some songs are, although great, superfical. The meaning here is quite straight forward. I'm not sure if anyone here has every read "The Day of the Locust" but the Ophelia character here reminds my of Faye Greener, and the narrator Tod. I'm not saying the song is based on "The Day of the Locust", I am certain it is not, but what I am drawing a connection between is this notion of the watched and the watchers. Ophelia seems like one of the watched, obviously she was a bit promicious, and the singer and the "they" he refers to, are the watchers. However, at the end of the day, the song is about this strange women just leaving without notice, and these love struck men want her to come back. The tone of the song almost sounds as if they are taunting her, this could also suggest the lack of respect the singer feels for the women.
I think she was watched because she was breaking the most sacred rule banning interracial relations. She did not just "decide" to leave, she was driven out of town. She lives in a separate neighborhood that is just not the same... as is usually the case, it is racists who are the cause of a neighborhood going "bad"...
I think she was watched because she was breaking the most sacred rule banning interracial relations. She did not just "decide" to leave, she was driven out of town. She lives in a separate neighborhood that is just not the same... as is usually the case, it is racists who are the cause of a neighborhood going "bad"...
bradburyesqu I don't think we can just say that Ophelia has not meaning in the song. Oh course she does! Actually, the beauty of this song isn't the longning it's the mystery behind Ophelia like RayMan had said. However, I wouldn't go diving too deep either. Some songs are, although great, superfical. The meaning here is quite straight forward. I'm not sure if anyone here has every read "The Day of the Locust" but the Ophelia character here reminds my of Faye Greener, and the narrator Tod. I'm not saying the song is based on "The Day of the Locust", I am certain it is not, but what I am drawing a connection between is this notion of the watched and the watchers. Ophelia seems like one of the watched, obviously she was a bit promicious, and the singer and the "they" he refers to, are the watchers. However, at the end of the day, the song is about this strange women just leaving without notice, and these love struck men want her to come back. The tone of the song almost sounds as if they are taunting her, this could also suggest the lack of respect the singer feels for the women.
I think she was watched because she was breaking the most sacred rule banning interracial relations. She did not just "decide" to leave, she was driven out of town. She lives in a separate neighborhood that is just not the same... as is usually the case, it is racists who are the cause of a neighborhood going "bad"...
I think she was watched because she was breaking the most sacred rule banning interracial relations. She did not just "decide" to leave, she was driven out of town. She lives in a separate neighborhood that is just not the same... as is usually the case, it is racists who are the cause of a neighborhood going "bad"...