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| The Kinks – Living on a Thin Line Lyrics
| 11 months ago
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@[sokorny:47261] That doesn't explain the sense of lamentation or the lines about no more England. It alludes to a sense of being lost. The lyrics ask people if traditional sources of meaning matter to them anymore; we assume the answer is "no" and the lyrics then ask us what is left to do.
As for your "future generations," the lyrics allude to castles--the lives, lies, stories, meanings, and traditions passed down through generations. So the question seems to be, what are we passing down to the next generation? Nothing, is the answer (there's no England now.) |
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| The Kinks – Living on a Thin Line Lyrics
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@[force263:47252] It has nothing to do with race, but rather with the loss of cultural identity caused by crass internationalism / mass immigration. |
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| The Kinks – Living on a Thin Line Lyrics
| 11 months ago
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It has nothing to do with living on a "thin line," as in paycheck to paycheck. The thin line is a moral one. Meaning, what good is it to exist as individuals if we have no sense of national or social or cultural identity? Without these traditional anchors, an individual is left floundering in life with nothing but a sense of meaninglessness. Tell me now, what are we supposed to do? |
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| The Kinks – Living on a Thin Line Lyrics
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@[Coolgangster:47251] It's not a dig at Thatcher because she did nothing wrong. The lyrics appear to bemoan the loss of a uniquely English identity and sense of mission that could have reasserted our place in world history, as the Iron Lady attempted to do. |
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| The Kinks – God's Children Lyrics
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@[donutbandit:46663] @[Jepz11:46664] Ray is proving a moral critique--that is, the morality of this belief in God--as stated in the original comment but which you did not understand.
The lyrics imply that only God has the moral authority to tamper with nature, not man. In the context of Percy, this would imply that we should not interfere with what God has given us (via genital enhancing surgery).
I respect his beliefs in his writing, and one of my favourites is the Deist anthem Big Sky in which Ray explains his concept and belief in God. |
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