| Primitive Radio Gods – Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Thanks to Brooks from 2005. Yes, I did see the video. Added an inciteful visual dimension to an already stunning piece of poetry...My take is that in the last stanza..."A life is time...they teach you growing up..." A girl in a white dress (an angel) is seen stepping from the phone booth and speaking into O'Conner's (?) ear sharing her secrets of life/death. Whether he is listening/comprehending is doubtful as he sits obliviously outside the booth. The booth itself serves as a portal between O'Connor and the cemetery just on the other side of the booth. After the Angel finishes sharing her secrets she steps back into the phone booth, replaces the receiver that is dangling from the phone, and fades away. O'Connor remains seated outside the booth, unfazed. It seems the Angel has shared the truth of life and fixed the phone for him, but still he sits motionless and melancholy...Either we remain oblivious to life's secrets or are somehow frozen by them...my humble opinion...:-) But we needn't be like O'Connor's character. | |
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