I think it's more like he's breaking the lock as a big "Screw You" to the Big Man Upsairs. If the character in this song is/resembles the mental state of Adam post-banishment, then it makes sense that he wouldn't necessarily care for locks on garden gates.
I think it's more like he's breaking the lock as a big "Screw You" to the Big Man Upsairs. If the character in this song is/resembles the mental state of Adam post-banishment, then it makes sense that he wouldn't necessarily care for locks on garden gates.
It's a way of saying, "I'll be more welcoming and understanding than You."
It's a way of saying, "I'll be more welcoming and understanding than You."
I'm stricken by the fact that the narrator had to break the lock on HIS garden gate when he got home. Why didn't he have a key?
I think it's more like he's breaking the lock as a big "Screw You" to the Big Man Upsairs. If the character in this song is/resembles the mental state of Adam post-banishment, then it makes sense that he wouldn't necessarily care for locks on garden gates.
I think it's more like he's breaking the lock as a big "Screw You" to the Big Man Upsairs. If the character in this song is/resembles the mental state of Adam post-banishment, then it makes sense that he wouldn't necessarily care for locks on garden gates.
It's a way of saying, "I'll be more welcoming and understanding than You."
It's a way of saying, "I'll be more welcoming and understanding than You."