This song has long intrigued me and @mliem411 does some good work here. Not everything lines up between the lyrics and that interpretation; that can happen when lyrics get a bit figurative, but I wonder if there\'s an intention that is partly or even significantly different than that interpretation.\n\nFor starters, the Lord\'s Prayer deserves mention, as "Thy will be done" is right out of it – the archaic "thy" narrows it down as being not just a casual use of language. And it occurs in the Lord\'s Prayer just after the word "kingdom."\n\nThe Lord\'s Prayer begins with the words, "Our father," so I wonder if in a modest modification of your interpretation, this might be about the abuse of a child by their father, and the abuse, the father lording his power over the child, is the father\'s "kingdom" while this song, a response back, is the child\'s "kingdom," hence the "my" in the title.
@rikdad101@yahoo.com Great idea about connecting \'kingdom\', and \'thy will be done\' to \'thy kingdom come, thy will be done\' in the Lord\'s Prayer, to a father\'s abuse, you have me convinced and I wish I\'d thought of it before. Thanks for the shout-out with compliment about my earlier comment too! Adding support to your idea, in the line \'There\'s blood on my hands and you want me to listen" the word \'blood\' could be read as having an added meaning, \'alluding to the narrator persona having common \'blood\' with the character being addressed, hinting at a...
@rikdad101@yahoo.com Great idea about connecting \'kingdom\', and \'thy will be done\' to \'thy kingdom come, thy will be done\' in the Lord\'s Prayer, to a father\'s abuse, you have me convinced and I wish I\'d thought of it before. Thanks for the shout-out with compliment about my earlier comment too! Adding support to your idea, in the line \'There\'s blood on my hands and you want me to listen" the word \'blood\' could be read as having an added meaning, \'alluding to the narrator persona having common \'blood\' with the character being addressed, hinting at a biological relationship. Also now I am reading the line \'Born of the grain like all good riddles\' with added meaning. It could be another hint of the narrator being \'born\' the son of the person at whom the song is directed. "Born of the grain..." therefore would cast the father character as \'the grain\', which would mean that going proverbially \'against the grain\' would mean opposing or fighting the father. The mention of \'...good riddles\' could be taken as a hint that there is a hidden meaning to be puzzled out from the lyrics. Nicely done, +1 from me.
@mliem411 Thanks to you for the original thoughts and the speedy reply. The point about "born" also seems right on! I have loved this song for a long time and didn't need to understand it much to enjoy the raw emotion, but I think you've set upon the right way to understand the lyrics!
@mliem411 Thanks to you for the original thoughts and the speedy reply. The point about "born" also seems right on! I have loved this song for a long time and didn't need to understand it much to enjoy the raw emotion, but I think you've set upon the right way to understand the lyrics!
This song has long intrigued me and @mliem411 does some good work here. Not everything lines up between the lyrics and that interpretation; that can happen when lyrics get a bit figurative, but I wonder if there\'s an intention that is partly or even significantly different than that interpretation.\n\nFor starters, the Lord\'s Prayer deserves mention, as "Thy will be done" is right out of it – the archaic "thy" narrows it down as being not just a casual use of language. And it occurs in the Lord\'s Prayer just after the word "kingdom."\n\nThe Lord\'s Prayer begins with the words, "Our father," so I wonder if in a modest modification of your interpretation, this might be about the abuse of a child by their father, and the abuse, the father lording his power over the child, is the father\'s "kingdom" while this song, a response back, is the child\'s "kingdom," hence the "my" in the title.
@rikdad101@yahoo.com Great idea about connecting \'kingdom\', and \'thy will be done\' to \'thy kingdom come, thy will be done\' in the Lord\'s Prayer, to a father\'s abuse, you have me convinced and I wish I\'d thought of it before. Thanks for the shout-out with compliment about my earlier comment too! Adding support to your idea, in the line \'There\'s blood on my hands and you want me to listen" the word \'blood\' could be read as having an added meaning, \'alluding to the narrator persona having common \'blood\' with the character being addressed, hinting at a...
@rikdad101@yahoo.com Great idea about connecting \'kingdom\', and \'thy will be done\' to \'thy kingdom come, thy will be done\' in the Lord\'s Prayer, to a father\'s abuse, you have me convinced and I wish I\'d thought of it before. Thanks for the shout-out with compliment about my earlier comment too! Adding support to your idea, in the line \'There\'s blood on my hands and you want me to listen" the word \'blood\' could be read as having an added meaning, \'alluding to the narrator persona having common \'blood\' with the character being addressed, hinting at a biological relationship. Also now I am reading the line \'Born of the grain like all good riddles\' with added meaning. It could be another hint of the narrator being \'born\' the son of the person at whom the song is directed. "Born of the grain..." therefore would cast the father character as \'the grain\', which would mean that going proverbially \'against the grain\' would mean opposing or fighting the father. The mention of \'...good riddles\' could be taken as a hint that there is a hidden meaning to be puzzled out from the lyrics. Nicely done, +1 from me.
@mliem411 Thanks to you for the original thoughts and the speedy reply. The point about "born" also seems right on! I have loved this song for a long time and didn't need to understand it much to enjoy the raw emotion, but I think you've set upon the right way to understand the lyrics!
@mliem411 Thanks to you for the original thoughts and the speedy reply. The point about "born" also seems right on! I have loved this song for a long time and didn't need to understand it much to enjoy the raw emotion, but I think you've set upon the right way to understand the lyrics!