I'm getting the impression the narrators singing this after a night of heavier than usual drinking, hence the spinning head. Once you get that feeling, you just want to call your ground, curl up, lay your head down and sleep it off.
He's coming off as regretful, but not remorseful. Probably more down on his luck than he knows but I wouldn't say he comes across as a hobo. We've all just wanted to pass out wherever we're standing when the spins come on. I actually don't even think he truly feels lonely or depressed, he's just having a pretty bad night
The girl laughing in her sleeve sounds like someone he's met that night or fairly recently. Doesn't sound like she has the highest opinion of him now, probably because of his current state
@ElmntEarth1 Arguably, all of rain dogs and most of the earlier albums are about nights of heavier than usual drinking, although its likely Waits didn't have that many of those by the time this album came out.
@ElmntEarth1 Arguably, all of rain dogs and most of the earlier albums are about nights of heavier than usual drinking, although its likely Waits didn't have that many of those by the time this album came out.
I hear less tragedy, more acceptance and even a certain pride. He is quıte proud to have set the Thames on fire, less proud to have made a lot of money doing it (hence the passive voice for 'seems my pockets were filled up with gold'), but very proud that he can accept any situation, good or bad, as it comes.
I hear less tragedy, more acceptance and even a certain pride. He is quıte proud to have set the Thames on fire, less proud to have made a lot of money doing it (hence the passive voice for 'seems my pockets were filled up with gold'), but very proud that he can accept any situation, good or bad, as it comes.
I'm getting the impression the narrators singing this after a night of heavier than usual drinking, hence the spinning head. Once you get that feeling, you just want to call your ground, curl up, lay your head down and sleep it off.
He's coming off as regretful, but not remorseful. Probably more down on his luck than he knows but I wouldn't say he comes across as a hobo. We've all just wanted to pass out wherever we're standing when the spins come on. I actually don't even think he truly feels lonely or depressed, he's just having a pretty bad night
The girl laughing in her sleeve sounds like someone he's met that night or fairly recently. Doesn't sound like she has the highest opinion of him now, probably because of his current state
@ElmntEarth1 Arguably, all of rain dogs and most of the earlier albums are about nights of heavier than usual drinking, although its likely Waits didn't have that many of those by the time this album came out.
@ElmntEarth1 Arguably, all of rain dogs and most of the earlier albums are about nights of heavier than usual drinking, although its likely Waits didn't have that many of those by the time this album came out.
I hear less tragedy, more acceptance and even a certain pride. He is quıte proud to have set the Thames on fire, less proud to have made a lot of money doing it (hence the passive voice for 'seems my pockets were filled up with gold'), but very proud that he can accept any situation, good or bad, as it comes.
I hear less tragedy, more acceptance and even a certain pride. He is quıte proud to have set the Thames on fire, less proud to have made a lot of money doing it (hence the passive voice for 'seems my pockets were filled up with gold'), but very proud that he can accept any situation, good or bad, as it comes.