| Gerry Rafferty – Baker Street Lyrics | 4 years ago |
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I think this song is directly about Gerry's alcoholism. The emptiness of the world he's trying to fill with his drinking. He's light in his head an dead on his feet, trying to fill the void. He's specifically looking for external validation to find peace, but the hope that it would is again proving fruitless. He believed is was so easy to quit, but he's really struggling, just one more year, then another, but he continues to spiral. The person he is talking to is his own conscious checking up on him, he reiterates the same "dream", moving on from his crippling addiction, settling down finally, but he knows he's just lying to himself, he's a rolling stone, ultimately believing that if he just "hopes" things will change, that in itself will change the day. This song is a really powerful song about addition, you believe there is always hope to change, but the hope itself is what continues the cycle, an excuse that the behavior will eventually end and everything will be well. |
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| Night Ranger – Sister Christian Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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I always thought this song had a sad overtone to it. Essentially, I believe it's about the realization (from her brother's perspective), that his sister has lost her innocence/virginity. The boys don't want to play no more, but want to do other things. She's essentially the only one to say ok and cave into the pressure and be cool (motoring). The brother is sad by this realization. |
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| The Doors – A Feast Of Friends Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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@[Meandmymonkey2:5629] - Thanks, I am basing my interpretation on the fact that these were written/recorded around the time he arrested for indecent exposure, and he essentially was questioning artistic expression and individual conformity to authority at that time. He also paraded the notion of "be your own man" throughout his career. In regards to the Royal babies, rubies section, I believe he is asserting that individualism (rubies) MUST replace what eventually becomes fuel for the machine (mass authority) that strips us of our individuality. The line above, he wants to be surrounded by beautiful roses (unique individuals) in his garden, not blood-meal (conformists) chewed up/destroyed by societal norms/authority. |
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| The Doors – A Feast Of Friends Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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I believe the poem is about society/authority (cruel bindings) and the extrinsic negative hierarchical influences it places on us, which eventually leads to the eradication of our individuality. The negative influence that is created feeds on itself, making room for new "plants" to continue the never-ending cycle. They are waiting to take us into the severed garden refers to the overwhelming influence society/authority has on us and, what occurs, the death/abolishment of independent thought/individualism. It's unwelcome and may seem unnatural at first, but makes us "normal" conformists, just like everyone else. Although we are fooled to think that this life is far the best, we realize that the truth is the opposite. Conformity makes us angels in the eyes of society/authority, but its evil corruption eventually becomes evident. Jim is saying that he will not conform, he prefers a feast with other nonconformists than to the "giant family" society/everyone else that has conformed and is no longer a free/independent, open-thinking individual. |
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