| Sarah Jaffe – Clementine Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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The question is: Is she saying "I'm feeling different" or "I feel indifferent" It can be heard either way even if you listen closely. Just an artist's way of leaving it up the the listener to interpret for themselves. As far as song interpretation, the lines: we were young we were young we were young we didn't care ...oh all that time, wasted strike a chord with most of us. Wasted youth, wasted time. Don't we all wonder that to some extent when we come of age? In any case, it is a beautiful song that has universal themes. This is one of the best tunes I have heard in a long time. Way to go Sarah... |
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| Procol Harum – A Salty Dog Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Okay, since I cannot find a decent interpretation of this song anywhere I’m going to post what I think is closest to what the metaphors are about in this song and the basic meaning: The song is about the sinking of a ship. It could have sank rounding Cape of Good Hope (southern tip of the African continent) which is very treacherous. There are no survivors as noted in the lyrics “and no one left alive.” The rest of the song is about their journey into an afterlife as indicated by “Upon the seventh seasick day we made our port of call”. Port of call being “heaven” as in “seventh heaven”. Another key line indicating this is “no mortal place at all”. In the final verse the line “and burnt the mast” indicates that there is no going back to the mortal world, they have accepted this and their entrance into the afterlife is met with “tears of joy”. The line “many moons and many Junes” is a poetic way to epitomize the sense of eternity. Finally, the sinking is noted in the seaman’s log and seen by “your witness”. “Your” in this sense is god as in “god as my witness”. Since the ship sunk at sea with no survivors and would have been destroyed by the ocean over time there are no human witnesses to their “tortured course”. Note that “heaven” can be interpreted any way one likes. It could be thought of as “nirvana” or “the great beyond” or even some kind of “reincarnation”. In any case the song represents sailors risking their lives for passion for the sea. It is a story of those who never made it to their destination - lost at sea forever - but live instead in the glory of god. I think this is such a beautiful song because it honors all those sailors who have been lost at sea over the centuries. The nameless and faceless many who braved the sea with as much hope and passion as those who made it through their journeys alive. May they all rest in peace. |
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