I always thought this had something to do with a teacher. A bad one. References to podiums and the bit about being self-professed (professor)and the power disparity between the narrator and the person he's speaking of.
Then last night, when I was listening to it with headphones on, it really sounded as though the very last "you snake" in the song is actually "you Snape." A definite aspirated "p" sound, not a hard "k."
And there's snakes in the song. Everywhere. On the other hand, this just seems too geeky to be possible.
Maybe I was just tired. Dunno. Give it another listen.
At any rate - love it. Whatever the details, it reeks of someone in a position of little power imagining telling off an oppressor. And who hasn't done that?
I always thought this had something to do with a teacher. A bad one. References to podiums and the bit about being self-professed (professor)and the power disparity between the narrator and the person he's speaking of.
Then last night, when I was listening to it with headphones on, it really sounded as though the very last "you snake" in the song is actually "you Snape." A definite aspirated "p" sound, not a hard "k."
And there's snakes in the song. Everywhere. On the other hand, this just seems too geeky to be possible.
Maybe I was just tired. Dunno. Give it another listen.
At any rate - love it. Whatever the details, it reeks of someone in a position of little power imagining telling off an oppressor. And who hasn't done that?
I agree with your interpretation and these lines ...
I agree with your interpretation and these lines ...
If I ever hurt you It will be in self-defense If I ever hurt you It will be in self-defense
If I ever hurt you It will be in self-defense If I ever hurt you It will be in self-defense
I believe it is the one oppressed speaking to the snake.
I believe it is the one oppressed speaking to the snake.