To me, this song is about moving forward, regardless of how bad your past is. Certain degrees of bad news, kicks to the curb, and hitting rock-bottom happen to most people in the world. As time goes on, we learn to get better at bouncing back from these tragedies.
For instance, he is immune to the clamoring of the jackhammers and taxi cabs, but he still doesn't know how strong he is or would be if, for instance, he were to lose his guitar.
I'm talking about all kinds of tolerance to discomfort, including physical pain though.
I think that television's Hugh Laurie of "House" has experimented with the same type of tempering that the lyrics portray. To quote him, "...I remember at school, I used to sit in class and just to while away an idle hour, I would induce cramp in my, I still to this day do it, I would induce cramp in my feet and legs just to see how long I could stand it..."
Ultimately, if Mr. McCrea did end up throwing his guitar out the window, I think he would not regret it...in the name of science... and tempering thyself.
To me, this song is about moving forward, regardless of how bad your past is. Certain degrees of bad news, kicks to the curb, and hitting rock-bottom happen to most people in the world. As time goes on, we learn to get better at bouncing back from these tragedies.
For instance, he is immune to the clamoring of the jackhammers and taxi cabs, but he still doesn't know how strong he is or would be if, for instance, he were to lose his guitar.
I'm talking about all kinds of tolerance to discomfort, including physical pain though.
I think that television's Hugh Laurie of "House" has experimented with the same type of tempering that the lyrics portray. To quote him, "...I remember at school, I used to sit in class and just to while away an idle hour, I would induce cramp in my, I still to this day do it, I would induce cramp in my feet and legs just to see how long I could stand it..."
Ultimately, if Mr. McCrea did end up throwing his guitar out the window, I think he would not regret it...in the name of science... and tempering thyself.