| Leonard Cohen – Suzanne Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Han Solo, despite being a scoundrel, did not own Chewbacca. Chewbacca owed Han Solo a "life debt" because Solo saved Chewbacca's life. Get your Starwars references right, Good Grief :-). http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Life_debt |
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| Foster the People – Pumped Up Kicks Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| Like siding with Christian Slater's character in "Heathers," most of us can sympathize, even fantasize, but that doesn't mean we'd do it. | |
| Foster the People – Pumped Up Kicks Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I think you've got the interpretation of the cowboy correct in that he is enacting justice, "cowboy justice" like in the wild west and that is what life is feeling like to him,"wild" and out of control. It also reminds me of some of the scenes from Stephen King's Gun Slinger series when he walks through town smoking a rolled cigarette shooting people at will. Is he psychotic or some kid trying to feel just a little bit powerful and see some justice done in the world. Dinner is "packed on ice" means he's going to put his father on ice, or kill him. Maybe Dad is coming home late because he's cheating on the kids mom. While both stanza's could be about the same person, I think the change from third to first person indicates two different people, or at least two different personalities. Perhaps the narrator is inspired by Robert to seek "cowboy justice" with regard to the wrongs his father has committed but has doubts about his plan in the personification of his lit cigarette. Does he "pack him on ice" or has he lost his wits (perhaps meaning lost his sanity, but more likely, his sense of composure and resourcefulness)? We are left to decide for ourselves and ask, "What would we do?" |
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