"High" is a metaphor. Beefheart is saying that he can't get any enjoyment out of the poppy-wearing rememberence details, and he is crying because it is glorifying war.
@fearpanic4 OK, but Beefheart's not the one crying. The song is in the third person, and the words are those of a dead soldier's mother. "Screamin', empty, she cries". Simple and straightforward lyric, for Beefheart.
@fearpanic4 OK, but Beefheart's not the one crying. The song is in the third person, and the words are those of a dead soldier's mother. "Screamin', empty, she cries". Simple and straightforward lyric, for Beefheart.
"High" is a metaphor. Beefheart is saying that he can't get any enjoyment out of the poppy-wearing rememberence details, and he is crying because it is glorifying war.
@fearpanic4 OK, but Beefheart's not the one crying. The song is in the third person, and the words are those of a dead soldier's mother. "Screamin', empty, she cries". Simple and straightforward lyric, for Beefheart.
@fearpanic4 OK, but Beefheart's not the one crying. The song is in the third person, and the words are those of a dead soldier's mother. "Screamin', empty, she cries". Simple and straightforward lyric, for Beefheart.