Father Cannot Yell Lyrics

Lyric discussion by inpraiseoffolly 

Cover art for Father Cannot Yell lyrics by Can

These lyrics are simply strange... I have no clue what they are about... not surprising considering that Malcolm Mooney ended up in an insane asylum...

He's talking about sexual liberalization. From a western perspective we see women as fertile, and beautiful, independent etc., they've found their voice sometime in the 60s and beyond during women's rights movements. A woman can be functional and powerful like a man, but can still be beautiful and weak, as Mooney says "All appointed to the definite beautiful. Mother who invents the aiding, Woman who just lies there waiting" In western society we see women as sort of muses who inspire men to take action, but more and more in modern society we also see them as equals in ability...