"To turn away from the night,
Allowing the light a low,
He's surely fooling yourself..."
But I hear,
"To turn away from the night,
Allowing the light alone,
Is surely fooling yourself..."
Which, given the existential nature of most of Mercer's lyrics (in general) makes more sense to me -- "to live exclusively in the comforting world of the light is living a lie -- you're only seeing half of the picture". I don't know what "allowing the light a low," would mean, although he does say later, "you'll never know how low an angry high can go," so maybe, I guess.
No, you got it right, I feel. Folding Aces -- a pair of aces -- is playing it safe...
No, you got it right, I feel. Folding Aces -- a pair of aces -- is playing it safe...
Looking at subtext, the speaker realizes there's more to life than just reaching for the next gold ring and dreaming of attaining it.. just look at this world -- whirling masses of humanity with attendant smoke and garbage and blandness of us all playing it safe... and he's wondering, is he the only one to see that there is more... and it's in the heart -- to risk feeling the lows of an angry heart -- so as not to be...
Looking at subtext, the speaker realizes there's more to life than just reaching for the next gold ring and dreaming of attaining it.. just look at this world -- whirling masses of humanity with attendant smoke and garbage and blandness of us all playing it safe... and he's wondering, is he the only one to see that there is more... and it's in the heart -- to risk feeling the lows of an angry heart -- so as not to be caught up in this world of MIND -- work and stay in line... oblivion. FWIW.
Every lyrics site seems to list,
"To turn away from the night, Allowing the light a low, He's surely fooling yourself..."
But I hear,
"To turn away from the night, Allowing the light alone, Is surely fooling yourself..."
Which, given the existential nature of most of Mercer's lyrics (in general) makes more sense to me -- "to live exclusively in the comforting world of the light is living a lie -- you're only seeing half of the picture". I don't know what "allowing the light a low," would mean, although he does say later, "you'll never know how low an angry high can go," so maybe, I guess.
No, you got it right, I feel. Folding Aces -- a pair of aces -- is playing it safe...
No, you got it right, I feel. Folding Aces -- a pair of aces -- is playing it safe...
Looking at subtext, the speaker realizes there's more to life than just reaching for the next gold ring and dreaming of attaining it.. just look at this world -- whirling masses of humanity with attendant smoke and garbage and blandness of us all playing it safe... and he's wondering, is he the only one to see that there is more... and it's in the heart -- to risk feeling the lows of an angry heart -- so as not to be...
Looking at subtext, the speaker realizes there's more to life than just reaching for the next gold ring and dreaming of attaining it.. just look at this world -- whirling masses of humanity with attendant smoke and garbage and blandness of us all playing it safe... and he's wondering, is he the only one to see that there is more... and it's in the heart -- to risk feeling the lows of an angry heart -- so as not to be caught up in this world of MIND -- work and stay in line... oblivion. FWIW.