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| Cake – Jolene Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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It's about loving someone you hate. As they often do, Cake's song speaks from two different voices. One, a narration of Jolene's activity. The second, from the guy that loves her. And he does. But he also hates her. Who casts someone's face in lead? Radioactive poisoning victims are buried in lead caskets. He wants her in every way, but... he hates her. The song doesn't really say why. Cream rinse and tobbacco smoke- a very clean, and a very dirty scent together. |
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| Cake – I Bombed Korea Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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And another note that reinforces my opinion- there is no description of the ground, the country, the other soldiers, or anything. It's all from the perspective of the plane, forcing us to look from only one direction, and the isolation that allows the vet to think of what he's done in such limited and ultimately guiltless terms. |
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| Cake – I Bombed Korea Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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It's also about the emotional aspect, both before and after the war. This vet did some of the most heinous things in the name of duty. But it's not like he was infantry- this vet was in the air force- "red flowers bursting down below us". Bombing people he'd never seen and who had never seen him. It was terrible because of what it actually was, but the voice of the song can live with that. Villages blown up and whatnot, just red flowers. The vet doesn't live with the regret, he's sitting in a bar with stories to tell. Not a hero, not a movie star. Just a guy. And fundamentally, all of us can relate to that perspective- things happen around us, even terrible things, but we turn away from it just because it would change the person we are. |
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