I don't know whether to be glad or sad that so many people do not understand what this song is about.
ok here it, simple and true. the song on the most basic material world level is about the slave trade. about the slavery of humans, turning them into commodities to earn money for the slave owners.
Tom Paine is the pimp. The lovely young woman is human who has been unfortunate enough to find herself enslaved in the sex trade. She has not been in it long enough to have lost hope, she is still desperately looking for a decent person to help her.
But helping her would also put her hero in danger. Afterall, who wants to tangle with the evilness of black marketers?
ok? get it now? fairly simple?
The name, Tom Paine was chosen for its irony obviously. Tom Paine was one of the founders of our "free" country. A country that regularly fights for "freedom" in other countries, like for example, Vietnam. That war was waging at the time this song was written. That was a time when good citizens began to wonder if the freedoms we were fighting for were worthy of the fight. Were we fighting for the freedoms of human liberty? Or were we fighting for free trade, free commerce?
I don't know whether to be glad or sad that so many people do not understand what this song is about.
ok here it, simple and true. the song on the most basic material world level is about the slave trade. about the slavery of humans, turning them into commodities to earn money for the slave owners.
Tom Paine is the pimp. The lovely young woman is human who has been unfortunate enough to find herself enslaved in the sex trade. She has not been in it long enough to have lost hope, she is still desperately looking for a decent person to help her.
But helping her would also put her hero in danger. Afterall, who wants to tangle with the evilness of black marketers?
ok? get it now? fairly simple?
The name, Tom Paine was chosen for its irony obviously. Tom Paine was one of the founders of our "free" country. A country that regularly fights for "freedom" in other countries, like for example, Vietnam. That war was waging at the time this song was written. That was a time when good citizens began to wonder if the freedoms we were fighting for were worthy of the fight. Were we fighting for the freedoms of human liberty? Or were we fighting for free trade, free commerce?
Freedom and slavery is what this song is about.
@fortune8 I agree with your interpretation.
@fortune8 I agree with your interpretation.
@fortune8 I liked the first interpretation on this page about the award ceremony, etc, but I like yours too! Good stuff
@fortune8 I liked the first interpretation on this page about the award ceremony, etc, but I like yours too! Good stuff
@fortune8 I liked the first interpretation on this page about the award ceremony, etc, but I like yours too! Good stuff
@fortune8 I liked the first interpretation on this page about the award ceremony, etc, but I like yours too! Good stuff