if you look at the words "pater" and "mater" they mean mother and father in latin these are often used facetiously, so Mick is indirectly refering to his mother and father in the lines:
"Strangled by the wishes of pater,
Hoping for the arm of mater"
you can think of a number of reasons for these lines but to me it suggests there is conflict. why he say pater and not dad or mater and not mother seems to me he wants to keep this not so obvious but then again it could be that his family used pater and mater like some people call their parents "mama and papa" in general it is a sad song but with hope, as the final line says:
"I'll keep holding on.
So tight."
with the "fear" lines i feel he has kept something quiet to himself but it goes when he tells some one maybe in a song or through conversation. like they say a problem (or fear) shared is a problem halved hence the lines:
"When somebody hears,
Listen to the fear that's gone."
Masonsd.. right on! Mick wrote this in an article two years ago.
Masonsd.. right on! Mick wrote this in an article two years ago.
But for Mick, 52, who was raised by his father Reg after his mother Maureen left when he was three, family life with Romy and his wife Gabriella Wesberry is all the sweeter.
But for Mick, 52, who was raised by his father Reg after his mother Maureen left when he was three, family life with Romy and his wife Gabriella Wesberry is all the sweeter.
“I never had a family. There was me and my dad, if you can count that as family, Two men in his house. So a wife and a daughter is simply completely and utterly new to me and it’s been a life changing experience. It’s the best thing that’s ever happened to me, I am devoted to them.
Good comment! I thought he chose to use "mater" and "pater" because these are formal names. It's a way of keeping emotional distance from his parents, with whom he doesn't feel close enough to use affectionate names like "Mama" and "Papa".
Good comment! I thought he chose to use "mater" and "pater" because these are formal names. It's a way of keeping emotional distance from his parents, with whom he doesn't feel close enough to use affectionate names like "Mama" and "Papa".
@readinggal Spot on! I felt the same about those words signifying emotional distance. And coupled with the history given by @abutteflyloves, then "strangled by the wishes of pater" seems to imply he couldn't live up to his father's expectations of him, and he wishes he had a mother there to help comfort him from manifestations of his father's disappointment, whether that was physical or emotional abuse of some kind.
@readinggal Spot on! I felt the same about those words signifying emotional distance. And coupled with the history given by @abutteflyloves, then "strangled by the wishes of pater" seems to imply he couldn't live up to his father's expectations of him, and he wishes he had a mother there to help comfort him from manifestations of his father's disappointment, whether that was physical or emotional abuse of some kind.
if you look at the words "pater" and "mater" they mean mother and father in latin these are often used facetiously, so Mick is indirectly refering to his mother and father in the lines:
"Strangled by the wishes of pater, Hoping for the arm of mater"
you can think of a number of reasons for these lines but to me it suggests there is conflict. why he say pater and not dad or mater and not mother seems to me he wants to keep this not so obvious but then again it could be that his family used pater and mater like some people call their parents "mama and papa" in general it is a sad song but with hope, as the final line says:
"I'll keep holding on. So tight."
with the "fear" lines i feel he has kept something quiet to himself but it goes when he tells some one maybe in a song or through conversation. like they say a problem (or fear) shared is a problem halved hence the lines:
"When somebody hears, Listen to the fear that's gone."
Masonsd.. right on! Mick wrote this in an article two years ago.
Masonsd.. right on! Mick wrote this in an article two years ago.
But for Mick, 52, who was raised by his father Reg after his mother Maureen left when he was three, family life with Romy and his wife Gabriella Wesberry is all the sweeter.
But for Mick, 52, who was raised by his father Reg after his mother Maureen left when he was three, family life with Romy and his wife Gabriella Wesberry is all the sweeter.
“I never had a family. There was me and my dad, if you can count that as family, Two men in his house. So a wife and a daughter is simply completely and utterly new to me and it’s been a life changing experience. It’s the best thing that’s ever happened to me, I am devoted to them.
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Good comment! I thought he chose to use "mater" and "pater" because these are formal names. It's a way of keeping emotional distance from his parents, with whom he doesn't feel close enough to use affectionate names like "Mama" and "Papa".
Good comment! I thought he chose to use "mater" and "pater" because these are formal names. It's a way of keeping emotional distance from his parents, with whom he doesn't feel close enough to use affectionate names like "Mama" and "Papa".
@readinggal Spot on! I felt the same about those words signifying emotional distance. And coupled with the history given by @abutteflyloves, then "strangled by the wishes of pater" seems to imply he couldn't live up to his father's expectations of him, and he wishes he had a mother there to help comfort him from manifestations of his father's disappointment, whether that was physical or emotional abuse of some kind.
@readinggal Spot on! I felt the same about those words signifying emotional distance. And coupled with the history given by @abutteflyloves, then "strangled by the wishes of pater" seems to imply he couldn't live up to his father's expectations of him, and he wishes he had a mother there to help comfort him from manifestations of his father's disappointment, whether that was physical or emotional abuse of some kind.