This seems to mean more than just racial discrimination.
The character in the song, "Brown," apparently has lost nearly everything in his life:
"Brown asked the creek why the Lord had to steal
his horse, his house, and his baby."
He's hurt, and so he takes that hurt and turns it into hurting others and blaming Christ for his losses in life - probably effects from his own mistakes. This song obviously has many religious connotations as well, Brown blaming Christ and killing him, perhaps to make himself feel better, in hopes that all his problems will go away.
The mention of "biting through his tongue" could perhaps mean that he innately knows that what he's going is wrong, and he feels guilt about it, although in the end he does it anyway.
Overall, it seems to stand for the hurt he's gone through, and trying to find ways to put the blame on someone else, and in the end being consumed by his grief and guilt.
This seems to mean more than just racial discrimination. The character in the song, "Brown," apparently has lost nearly everything in his life:
"Brown asked the creek why the Lord had to steal his horse, his house, and his baby."
He's hurt, and so he takes that hurt and turns it into hurting others and blaming Christ for his losses in life - probably effects from his own mistakes. This song obviously has many religious connotations as well, Brown blaming Christ and killing him, perhaps to make himself feel better, in hopes that all his problems will go away.
The mention of "biting through his tongue" could perhaps mean that he innately knows that what he's going is wrong, and he feels guilt about it, although in the end he does it anyway.
Overall, it seems to stand for the hurt he's gone through, and trying to find ways to put the blame on someone else, and in the end being consumed by his grief and guilt.
Bearing in mind this features a character called Brown it should be BROWN FELL ASLEEP, not "Brownsville Asleep!"
Bearing in mind this features a character called Brown it should be BROWN FELL ASLEEP, not "Brownsville Asleep!"