I enjoy the previous interpretations of this song and agree with them in part. There's a few things I wanted to point out.
The first is that I read that this song is a reflection of Gabriel's upbringing and having judgmental parents.
The other point is that a person can have 2 different viewpoints of a situation at the same time. It's not necessarily one is the head and one is the heart (emotion). Being in the legal profession for over 20 years, there isn't much emotion but the same set of facts can take on 2 different, 3, 4 or more different viewpoints relating to the same situation.
Gabriel is getting at the conflict in 2 key parts of the song: "And still I head that sharp tongue talking / Talking tangled words" & "I can sense the danger", "I'm hearing right and wrong so clearly". It's alluded to in other parts of the song, obviously.
It's speaks/sings to the confused, conflicted mind or the depressed, sad mind just trying to figure out what would have been the right way to handle a difficult situation.
I enjoy the previous interpretations of this song and agree with them in part. There's a few things I wanted to point out. The first is that I read that this song is a reflection of Gabriel's upbringing and having judgmental parents. The other point is that a person can have 2 different viewpoints of a situation at the same time. It's not necessarily one is the head and one is the heart (emotion). Being in the legal profession for over 20 years, there isn't much emotion but the same set of facts can take on 2 different, 3, 4 or more different viewpoints relating to the same situation. Gabriel is getting at the conflict in 2 key parts of the song: "And still I head that sharp tongue talking / Talking tangled words" & "I can sense the danger", "I'm hearing right and wrong so clearly". It's alluded to in other parts of the song, obviously.
It's speaks/sings to the confused, conflicted mind or the depressed, sad mind just trying to figure out what would have been the right way to handle a difficult situation.