oh man this song! My mom didn't like us listening to it because of the suicide at the end but it's just so fascinating! The song is told through the perspective of a factory worker who looks at Richard Cory as the person with everything. He is revered in the town for his business and his involvement in charity. Then the narrator gives the gut-punch of his suicide. However, the narrator still would rather be dead than poor and I think that this song is showing that you never know whats going on inside a persons head, it's psychology. Depression is a very real diseases but it is often overlooked because you can't see it. You should never want to be someone else because we all have problems of our own and your idealization of someone never accounts for everything in their life.
oh man this song! My mom didn't like us listening to it because of the suicide at the end but it's just so fascinating! The song is told through the perspective of a factory worker who looks at Richard Cory as the person with everything. He is revered in the town for his business and his involvement in charity. Then the narrator gives the gut-punch of his suicide. However, the narrator still would rather be dead than poor and I think that this song is showing that you never know whats going on inside a persons head, it's psychology. Depression is a very real diseases but it is often overlooked because you can't see it. You should never want to be someone else because we all have problems of our own and your idealization of someone never accounts for everything in their life.