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actually this song is about prostitution. everybody knows that.
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In fact, the song could be about any of these things: a lover, George Harrison, any dead friend or acquaintance, God, the media, fans, or---and here's a theory I haven't heard---the 'you' in question could be some facet of the writer's own identity. For example, Gord, the narrator, could be writing about Gord, the public persona or Hip frontman. In that sense, the 'public Gord' follows the 'real Gord' around and haunts him. And it needn't be that specific example; I just mean that the song could be dealing with a divided sense of self. 'When I do all of these things, that other me is also there...'
Downie's a big Dylan fan, of course, and this sort of playing with pronouns is an archetypical Dyan maneouvre.
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It says on the hip club that Forest Edge was recorded when George Harrison passed away, and that Robbie's slide guitar work was a tip of the hat to George. I don't think I remember the song being about him though.
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I can't help but think that the song has a couple of swipes at Bush in it.
