| Jimmy Buffett – In The Shelter Lyrics | 5 months ago |
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What interpretation does Jimmy Buffett himself give to this song? I've been a professional counselor for 50 years and I do not hear that it "speaks to the universal human experience of finding comfort and refuge in times of turmoil" as has been suggested in one interpretation elsewhere. Where is comfort and hope in this song? It seems to me like the "shelter" in the song is one for the homeless or abused. "Nothing is goin' well. If you could only tell them how you feel, but they're too real to understand" and "On the street car to the city where she knows that she might lose it all. Riding for just a dime, taking her own sweet time and knowing well this could be her final fall" and "Too many TV dinners and everyone loves a winner but she was lost. No one knows the trials she had" sound like she very lost, alone and hopeless. "Sits on the big gray rocks. Takes off her boots and socks and (not) knowing what she will do next, just starts to cry" seems to threaten suicidal urges. |
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