| Jethro Tull – Wind-Up Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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take a stand and stare 'em down IA was just manifesting straight out heroism here I don't believe you: you had the whole damn thing all wrong -- He's not the kind you have to wind up on Sundays. talk about walk tall, walk strong and look the world straight in the eye it reminds me of a man walking out of prison after a 20 year stretch |
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| Jethro Tull – My God Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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great stuff people another stunning expose of corrupt literalist chritianity from the miester of metaphor, the minstrel in the gallery he's inside you and me |
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| Jethro Tull – Hymn 43 Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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ALRIGHT!! death to literalism the whole aqualung album is a tour de force expose of literalist tomfoolery nice one WYWH |
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| Iron Maiden – Cross-Eyed Mary (Jethro Tull cover) Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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cross eyed mary cross eyed as in blinded by an idolatrous literalist interpretation of christ and the cross always reminds me of the catholic church for some reason |
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| Jethro Tull – Minstrel In The Gallery Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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to me, the minstrel in the gallery is a metaphor for the "god that lives in you and me" mentioned in "My God" on the aqualung album the gallery is the upper landing so to speak and the minstrel is the upper you so to speak up in the gallery observing looking down from on high, the ancient metaphor that your conciousness is really god having an experience in your body, he is thus the minstrel in the gallery, he makes the music, he leads the band it's all metaphor. he looks down on the "rabbit run" referenced in the song "skating away" in the line "you're a rabbit on the run" a metaphor for someone lost in their lower self so they are "on the run" or in fear as they are not understanding their own fears and terrors while lost in a lower mode of conciousness so to speak he throws away his looking glass he "falls awake" he wakens or rather we waken to him in us and we realise that he is in fact all of us once we let go of our attachment to the separateness of body and ego etc etc we learn that we are indeed all one, god having a separate experience in all of us but that ultimately he will call the band down to the stage and look on all the friends he made like the lyric when all is one and one is all or here in this lyric the pretender is barred & cannot enter while the true son is welcome anytime two men in the field but only one has a hope the other is blind and has more than enough rope when push comes to shove you'll know who is who but wrap your mind around this both of them are you! yes minstrel in the gallery to me is masterful metaphor for the idea that we are part animal part god and this minstrel, this god in us, look at what he does in the song through all the quirky ugliness and ambiguity of life he brings forth his son his band of merry men his friends his very own |
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