update: from the recent sonic youth biography i found out that this song's lyrics are made up of excerpts from lee's journal & lyrics randomly picked out from a magazine (sung by kim), chosen at the last minute.
so i'm not sure anymore whether is supposed to be any underlying meaning or deep connection, except maybe kim's fascination with popular culture and what the vox populi seems to think are important issues (wealth, sex - impotence, etc).
also, lee's first line i think is the faint "edith moves with each step", not "i sleep".
@meg; Therefore it is not about anything in particular intended BY the band, but it can be interpreted as being about something which the audience identifies, like a huge Rorschach inkblot sheet.
@meg; Therefore it is not about anything in particular intended BY the band, but it can be interpreted as being about something which the audience identifies, like a huge Rorschach inkblot sheet.
update: from the recent sonic youth biography i found out that this song's lyrics are made up of excerpts from lee's journal & lyrics randomly picked out from a magazine (sung by kim), chosen at the last minute. so i'm not sure anymore whether is supposed to be any underlying meaning or deep connection, except maybe kim's fascination with popular culture and what the vox populi seems to think are important issues (wealth, sex - impotence, etc). also, lee's first line i think is the faint "edith moves with each step", not "i sleep".
@meg; Therefore it is not about anything in particular intended BY the band, but it can be interpreted as being about something which the audience identifies, like a huge Rorschach inkblot sheet.
@meg; Therefore it is not about anything in particular intended BY the band, but it can be interpreted as being about something which the audience identifies, like a huge Rorschach inkblot sheet.
@meg; This is how I assume Dylan wrote his early works; not random, lifted pages, but edited 'stream-of-consciousness
@meg; This is how I assume Dylan wrote his early works; not random, lifted pages, but edited 'stream-of-consciousness