My take on the song is that America did have a specific meaning to it but possibly said all that jargon to the press out of embarassment? If you read into the meaning of the song it seems to say that the Tin Man was a nobody lonely guy. "Oz never did give nothing to the Tin Man. That he didn't already have." In truth Oz didn't give the Tin Man a heart. He didn't get anything from Oz (heart) "that he didn't already have" (not a heart). The Tin Man represents a hollow shell of a man in a lonely orchard rusting away. The song also talks about other people having the gift of gab and then seems to say that some will take the bait, (of trying to fit in) and when they fail they will be put on the shelf.
In the chorus he says "Please believe in me". Whoever wrote the song is explaining himself. He's the Tin Man and has been put on the shelf but is wanting people to believe in him.
Spinning round....image going down represents the heartache of being shelved and thus being a Tin Man.
It seems as if the writer wrote the song to express himself. Song writers do this quite often. Songs that come from the heart tend to have more feeling and meaning. And when you listen to the song you can feel it. I think the writer may have been embarassed of the song and its meaning as he got older and so said those things to the press.
My take on the song is that America did have a specific meaning to it but possibly said all that jargon to the press out of embarassment? If you read into the meaning of the song it seems to say that the Tin Man was a nobody lonely guy. "Oz never did give nothing to the Tin Man. That he didn't already have." In truth Oz didn't give the Tin Man a heart. He didn't get anything from Oz (heart) "that he didn't already have" (not a heart). The Tin Man represents a hollow shell of a man in a lonely orchard rusting away. The song also talks about other people having the gift of gab and then seems to say that some will take the bait, (of trying to fit in) and when they fail they will be put on the shelf.
In the chorus he says "Please believe in me". Whoever wrote the song is explaining himself. He's the Tin Man and has been put on the shelf but is wanting people to believe in him.
Spinning round....image going down represents the heartache of being shelved and thus being a Tin Man. It seems as if the writer wrote the song to express himself. Song writers do this quite often. Songs that come from the heart tend to have more feeling and meaning. And when you listen to the song you can feel it. I think the writer may have been embarassed of the song and its meaning as he got older and so said those things to the press.