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Superabounder
* Dog in the Sand *
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 Posted - 03/09/2006 : 21:55:59
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There is a line in Graceland that I couldn't get enough of:
She comes back to tell me she's gone
As if I didn't know that
As if I didn't know my own bed
As if I'd never noticed
The way she brushed her hair from her forehead
And she said losing love
Is like a window in your heart
Everybody sees you're blown apart
Everybody sees the wind blow
Ahhhh. So perfect.
I tend to think of human beings as huge rubbery test tubes, too, with chemical reactions seething inside |
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starmekitten
-= Forum Pistolera =-
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/10/2006 : 02:44:35
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My justification of the mid-life-crisis scenario
A man walks down the street
He's realised he's getting old so takes himself out for a walk and in forest gump style keeps going
He says why am I soft in the middle, now
Why am I soft in the middle
middle aged spread
The rest of my life is so hard
after middle age is old and old is notoriusly difficult (ask ten percenter)
I need a photo-opportunity
Now that he is past it no one will want to photo him anymore and he is wistful
I want a shot at redemption
in his youth he's made mistakes and he is wondering if he has time to make up for it
Don't want to end up a cartoon
In a cartoon graveyard
I have no idea. I think it's about death.
Bone digger, bone digger
death.
Dogs in the moonlight
Far away my well-lit door
he's far from home and his walk takes him further but this existentialist contemplation is more compelling than anything else he has going on so he keeps walking like a mad old thing.
Mr. Beerbelly, Beerbelly
That happens to old people too, but I think this is another person who has dogs...
Get these mutts away from me
... who are following him and he wants them to go away
You know I don't find this stuff amusing anymore
Old people have no sense of humour
If you'll be my bodyguard
I can be your long lost pal
I can call you Betty
And Betty, when you call me
You can call me Al
This is about reaching out to make a meaningful connection. It's probably a mad old bag lady or some sort of night walker and in his wanders and wonders he's just desperate to have something with another human being. Middle aged people are concerned about this sort of thing I hear.
A man walks down the street
He says why am I short of attention
Got a short little span of attention
He's still walking and he's reflecting on the impairment of him mental facilities thanks to the aging process
And, whoa, my nights are so long
Nights tend to be long if you sit up and contemplate on things on your own.
Where's my wife and family
Whilst men can continue to produce offspring until they're dead pretty much they still suffer a sort of biological clock of the mind when all reason tells them they're probably too old to be a daddy. He lived to fast as a young man and now faces a lonely twilight. Possibly not but these sort of reflections are often miserable.
What if I die here
Miserable reflections, see?
Who'll be my role-model
Now that my role-model is
When he was a young boy he had a role model as does everyone. Mine is Bruce Campbell but I suspect that when I get old Bruce Campbell will be dead. His role model probably is much older than him so dead. Like Steve McQueen.
Gone, gone
Dead, dead
He ducked back down the alley
With some roly-poly little bat-faced girl
night walking lady, he'll bottle out and want to talk
All along, along
There were incidents and accidents
I think this is about his past sexual history actually
There were hints and allegations
ditto, but I think the hints refers to Betty, I think the bat-faced girl is betty a dodgy lady of negotiable affection who he just wants to talk to
A man walks down the street
It's a street in a strange world
Maybe it's the third world
I think the strange world is still his home but he's looking at it with new eyes
Maybe it's his first time around
he's seeing it as in *really* seeing it all for the first time.
Doesn't speak the language
doesn't understand the mundane aspects of the world he occupies now he has gone mental
He holds no currency
He is a foreign man
He's *different* now
He is surrounded by the
Sound, sound
This is meant to evoke an image not retell a fact, like...
Cattle in the marketplace
probably not actual cattle, probably more like hordes of workers making their way into meaningless jobs
Scatterlings and orphanages
I don't know what this means
He looks around, around
He sees angels in the architecture
Spinning in infinity
He says Amen! and Hallelujah!
Probably he does see these things, architecture can be very complicated and he's suffering post mid life crisis contemplation euphoria and sleep deprivation after walking all night. No wonder I say. |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 03/10/2006 : 03:00:11
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So basically:
I can call you Betty
Betty when you can call me,
You can call me Ten Percenter.
 I have joined the Cult Of Frank/And I have dearly paid |
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Monsieur
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1688 Posts |
Posted - 03/10/2006 : 03:01:03
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Great analysis Tre. Wow. Someone give this girl a well paid job!
I will show you fear in a handful of dust |
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starmekitten
-= Forum Pistolera =-
United Kingdom
6370 Posts |
Posted - 03/10/2006 : 03:15:09
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Monsieur
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1688 Posts |
Posted - 03/10/2006 : 03:34:09
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That's the difficult part of being a mod. Don't worry, you will soon learn how to deal with all the paparazzi and sarcastic comments.
I will show you fear in a handful of dust |
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fbc
-= Modulator =-
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/10/2006 : 04:49:04
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| I saw the "Classic Albums" programme (or something similar) about Graceland, but the only thing I remember from it was the "angels in the architecture" reference which was about glass/mirrored buildings reflecting the passers-by. |
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Monsieur
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1688 Posts |
Posted - 03/10/2006 : 06:17:18
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Originally posted by starmekitten
He's being sarcastic isn't he? If I were more sensitive I'd sulk.
I hope you're not too sensitive though. It was intended to make you smile, not sulk.
I will show you fear in a handful of dust |
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starmekitten
-= Forum Pistolera =-
United Kingdom
6370 Posts |
Posted - 03/10/2006 : 07:27:43
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hammerhands
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
1594 Posts |
Posted - 03/10/2006 : 11:13:08
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| Argh, how can you read those lyrics and strip them of all their sexuality and humour? |
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Monsieur
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1688 Posts |
Posted - 03/11/2006 : 09:32:28
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Originally posted by starmekitten
It made me laugh dear boy, I'm really not that precious at all.
OK, Mom.
I will show you fear in a handful of dust |
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
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Posted - 03/12/2006 : 13:16:46
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| funky little song but such a good tune. I am thinking it's about middle age and burnout. |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 03/14/2006 : 14:20:27
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That was one of my favorite songs as a kid, alongside Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer and The Firm's annoying Stark Trekkin'. I used to wonder about the lyrics, too. I love how Chevy Chase drops the glass through the table. Oh yeah, and remember he also appears in the video for Simon's Proof with Steve Martin!!
http://ultrawarp.com/chevy/paulsimon.htm
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Edited by - Carl on 03/14/2006 14:21:30 |
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