I believe this song is about American revolution in various forms with a focus on the revolutionary war itself. The Natchez trace was a trade route in early america and was probably used surreptitiously during the revolution. I think "animal shapes" might be referencing the shapes of the states (colonies) succeeding from great britain. "God must be carving them", as Thomas Pain was denying the divine origins of the king (after the bloodline was severed by the "French Bastard" william of orange), so popular treasonous speech would be that it was god's divine will to have our own country. After all we have "nothing good to give, to those who would take away the things that we need to live" (freedom, taxes, quarrtering soldiers, involvment in foreign wars, what got us into breaking from GB). "Later on I said some things I didn't mean, I know everybody's on a first name basis with the King": 'Old fat king George', Great Britain was cracking down on treason as they were becoming aware of how pissy we were getting and talking lots of trash about King George. That's why "he didn't mean it", lol, didn't want to get strung up.
So I think he is probably starting out in present day Nashville on CHarlotte avenue where cops are busting someone for who knows what, (perhaps a protest) and then he slips into the poetic war symbolism. Let me know what you think of the theory :)
I believe this song is about American revolution in various forms with a focus on the revolutionary war itself. The Natchez trace was a trade route in early america and was probably used surreptitiously during the revolution. I think "animal shapes" might be referencing the shapes of the states (colonies) succeeding from great britain. "God must be carving them", as Thomas Pain was denying the divine origins of the king (after the bloodline was severed by the "French Bastard" william of orange), so popular treasonous speech would be that it was god's divine will to have our own country. After all we have "nothing good to give, to those who would take away the things that we need to live" (freedom, taxes, quarrtering soldiers, involvment in foreign wars, what got us into breaking from GB). "Later on I said some things I didn't mean, I know everybody's on a first name basis with the King": 'Old fat king George', Great Britain was cracking down on treason as they were becoming aware of how pissy we were getting and talking lots of trash about King George. That's why "he didn't mean it", lol, didn't want to get strung up.
So I think he is probably starting out in present day Nashville on CHarlotte avenue where cops are busting someone for who knows what, (perhaps a protest) and then he slips into the poetic war symbolism. Let me know what you think of the theory :)
@mothmeetscloth Wow, good interpretation. It all seems pretty plausible
@mothmeetscloth Wow, good interpretation. It all seems pretty plausible