The Sad Bear

September 5, 2010

Strangers

So I wrote most of this when Carly, Econ, and Maggie were headed into town for Halloween last year. That they were coming into town reminded me of when Econ and I had listened to Strangers 50ish times and set off bottle rockets from the deck in the back of SadBear, and that got me thinking about the song. In any case, I think my take on this part of the lyrics of the song is basically right.

"Holy man and holy priest

This love of life makes me weak at my knees

And when we get there make your play

cos soon I feel you're gonna carry us away

In a promised lie you made us believe

For many men there is so much grief"

Surely this means the next line ought to follow from these. It says:

And my mind is proud but it aches with rage

"My mind is proud" must mean that the shit who says something about evil human nature or about the number of persons who just hate life while you're living right now says something that rightly tugs at your moral intuitions, so you squeeze out a dignified expression while looking for a place to gather yourself and remember that these types shouldn't get to you.

by goat at 3:43 AM |