| Donovan – Season of the Witch Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| My grandmother was a very religious woman. She had a saying for almost every situation. One of the things she used to say was that you would have to "pick up every stitch you dropped", after you died and before you got to go to heaven. I asked her what that actually meant(along with things like "Adam's off Ox" and a host of other odd southern sayings). Basically she said it meant we hat to fix all the wrongs we had committed, including act of omission, before we could get to heaven. I had always thought the song was an admonition. In effect it was saying that in strange times, bad times, evil times, you should never forget that we have a responsibility to fix or errors, make amends to those we offend, find recompense for those we have burdened. I also believe there is a parallel message that we should not worry too much about how others look at us, how they act themselves or what is happening in the common culture. we need to pick up our own stitches. If you look at the era this was written in, Vietnam, Civil rights, Kent State it was an unsettled time. Finally, I do not think this is or represents the ramblings of a psychotic mind. It has a consistent theme and a what I believe is a cogent message. | |
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