Pablo Picasso Lyrics

Lyric discussion by byrdinflight 

Cover art for Pablo Picasso lyrics by Citizen Cope

Feels to me like CC is talking about liberty and freedom.

Seems like the first verse could be going in and out of a literal interpretation of the Statue of Liberty. The fight for freedom and democracy (as portrayed by the media) is always in the papers. When the statue of liberty is lit, her features are very defined. go overseas or to 3rd world countries that are suppressed, they get treated as celebrities (so I've heard). She never bats an eye, because she's a statue...

Mr. officer, don't try to take my freedom away, or one of us is going to be laid out.

The second verse is referring more to the cost of freedom, and having to fight for it constantly. Also, some people that try to rise up against the establishments tend to get chastised and branded as lunatics. So as he would be seen as crazy from a distance, his love for freedom is true and though they may try to mislabel the place of freedom and peace being a painting or fictional place, he knows in his heart it is a very real existence.

Maybe I'm crazy, but that's what I heard.

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My Interpretation

Totally Agree with byrdinflight. This song gives me chills thinking about all the suffering people go through because...

supposedly we are free? A true burden put on you and me. Time to break through this canopy Share your views, unlike the embassy. This freedom of choice has got the best of me.

Thats exactly what I thought! good interpretation!

agree - i wrote a comment myself, and then went back and saw yours - we're basically talking about the same thing...

gotta love citizen cope!