I think johannd is the closest to the real meaning.
Mama knew my mind would know this song - because even as a kid he was all rock-n-roll. I muscle holler and moan, referring to how he sings on stage. Black chords in the night - he was up late, even as a kid, listening to rock and roll on vinyl and radio. Parents don't always approve of the kind of music you want to listen to - Daddy burnt the dirt but the seed survived - maybe his Dad threw his records out, talked shit about what the kind of music he liked. Maybe he physically even threw his records into a burn pile, but the seed survived! Once you fall in love with rock n' roll, you can't end it. It's IN you! I know that old Catholic tone - I live near J. Roddy's hometown, and in the South rock n' roll isn't always so easily accepted by the older, church-going, old fashioned Bible-belt crowd. And you hear those church bells, and they're metal, as metal as your guitar strings.
"The heavy bells oh god I felt that metal move.
You're gonna wake up
You're gonna wake up
You’re gonna wake up and find the heavy bells toll their tune for you too."
I love that line - oh God I felt that metal move.
The same feeling that these church goers get from those church bells, it's the same feeling he gets from hearing that rock and roll heavy metal. It's the same! It's so powerful - it moves you beyond. "You're gonna wake up and find the heavy bells toll their tune for you too!" To me this line is self-explanatory, but I also personally feel an underlying theme: Heavy church bells or heavy metal rock and rock - it means different things to different people. But universally similar, they are designed to move you. To remind you. To touch you in some way. And how you choose to listen - or wake up - to hearing it is all up to you.
I think johannd is the closest to the real meaning.
Mama knew my mind would know this song - because even as a kid he was all rock-n-roll. I muscle holler and moan, referring to how he sings on stage. Black chords in the night - he was up late, even as a kid, listening to rock and roll on vinyl and radio. Parents don't always approve of the kind of music you want to listen to - Daddy burnt the dirt but the seed survived - maybe his Dad threw his records out, talked shit about what the kind of music he liked. Maybe he physically even threw his records into a burn pile, but the seed survived! Once you fall in love with rock n' roll, you can't end it. It's IN you! I know that old Catholic tone - I live near J. Roddy's hometown, and in the South rock n' roll isn't always so easily accepted by the older, church-going, old fashioned Bible-belt crowd. And you hear those church bells, and they're metal, as metal as your guitar strings. "The heavy bells oh god I felt that metal move. You're gonna wake up You're gonna wake up You’re gonna wake up and find the heavy bells toll their tune for you too." I love that line - oh God I felt that metal move. The same feeling that these church goers get from those church bells, it's the same feeling he gets from hearing that rock and roll heavy metal. It's the same! It's so powerful - it moves you beyond. "You're gonna wake up and find the heavy bells toll their tune for you too!" To me this line is self-explanatory, but I also personally feel an underlying theme: Heavy church bells or heavy metal rock and rock - it means different things to different people. But universally similar, they are designed to move you. To remind you. To touch you in some way. And how you choose to listen - or wake up - to hearing it is all up to you.
"but the seed survived" - referring the love of rock and roll, the seed that was planted in his mind the first time that he ever heard it.
"but the seed survived" - referring the love of rock and roll, the seed that was planted in his mind the first time that he ever heard it.