| Ralph McTell – Streets Of London Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Everyone is interpreting this song wrong. Yes its about the homeless, but its not about seeing how much better our lives are than the homeless. The last stanza truly explains what this song is about: And have you seen the old man - An aged man. Outside the seaman's mission - He's by the water or the port His memory is fading, - He's old With those metal ribbons he wears (its METAL ribbons , not medal) - Wait... he's by the port and seaman's mission, and has fading metal ribbons? Seems as if he was a sea captain at one point! You can tell he was of high stature, because the lyrics say RIBBONS, not RIBBON (meaning he had more than one). And in the navy, aren't ribbons awards? Could he have been famous? And in our winter city, - Filler text, just to give a more gloomy atmosphere the rain cries a little pity - Symbolizes that people feel pity to this man (or if people don't then the rain does!) For one more forgotten hero - FORGOTTEN HERO!?!? I think that cemented the fact that he was at one point a navy captain or something like that! He was a hero, someone who changed lives and maybe even fought in wars! But he was forgotten??? Well, maybe the last line will help us. And a world that doesn't care - Ahhh... see? Even though he did so much, everyone just took him for granted and doesn't care about him anymore, he's just another old man, homeless, and forgotten. I hope you understood what I wrote here! |
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