Horse Warming Party Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Viper OneThree 

Cover art for Horse Warming Party lyrics by Portugal. The Man

The civil rights movement angle makes a lot of sense, but I'm not 100% sold Vietnam anyone? Maybe? It really started for us in 65 Definite valleys, we were allied with the South First war Televised That giant was a fighter- Communism? That devil- Communism had died in America, now we felt the need to irradiate it all over the world/Cold War Wave those White flags- vs the Red flags? White Army opposed the Bolsheviks in the October Revolution I dunno.. just throwin that out there

Sharpened tongues fair painted divers Forearms rest in streams of silver Golden people pass in silence But it won't slip away

...that is too confusing for either argument in my opinion.

I think I might have an idea about the four lines you mentioned and I agree with you about the Vietnam War:

Sharpened tongues fair painted divers (Maybe this refers to the verbal abuse the Veterans took upon returning, with divers referring to the NAVY.) Forearms rest in streams of silver (The heroin addiction.) Golden people pass in silence (The Veterans that are returning home.) But it won't slip away (They won't forget the abuse they endured.)

I am probably way off, but I just had an idea.