Yeah sure there's imagery of jerking off, masturbation, but the metaphors don't end there. There are also images of lost innocence, good intentions and betrayal - of himself by himself. How many people stand in line surrounded by people, to jerk off? No, I think he's recollecting his first major gig, and how when he was a boy in his room as a kid, singing soft words of innocence, dangling his legs, he told himself he'd not get into the indulgent traps of showbiz, and now he's waiting in line to go on at some three-headed gig wondering that maybe if he closes his eyes and shuts out the audience and their expectations, it'll hide him from himself, becasue what he feels about the World can't be contained using the format he's forced to use. All his good intentions are dangling like so much of something else.
This whole album is one of the best of the period, and like so many others, sorta went under the radar from a wider audience. The lyrics and feeling from the music in the songs are sublime. Big Red Letter Day - go buy it if you haven't.
Yeah sure there's imagery of jerking off, masturbation, but the metaphors don't end there. There are also images of lost innocence, good intentions and betrayal - of himself by himself. How many people stand in line surrounded by people, to jerk off? No, I think he's recollecting his first major gig, and how when he was a boy in his room as a kid, singing soft words of innocence, dangling his legs, he told himself he'd not get into the indulgent traps of showbiz, and now he's waiting in line to go on at some three-headed gig wondering that maybe if he closes his eyes and shuts out the audience and their expectations, it'll hide him from himself, becasue what he feels about the World can't be contained using the format he's forced to use. All his good intentions are dangling like so much of something else.
This whole album is one of the best of the period, and like so many others, sorta went under the radar from a wider audience. The lyrics and feeling from the music in the songs are sublime. Big Red Letter Day - go buy it if you haven't.