Bookhead Wrote:Flamenco Wrote:Bookhead Wrote:It's interesting to see this thread, because I listened to the album on my headphones at work today and this song really got me. This line in particular I found particularly moving, "So God keep our land, cause we certainly can't." Gord sings it with such passion and intensity--it really grabbed me.
Yeah I'm not sure where this line fits in with the rest of the tune. Where do you think he is going with this?
To me, it's a comment on how our environment, perhaps even our global society, is hitting the skids (with global warming, depressed economy, war, etc.). It almost seems like a plea to God to help preserve the planet until we as a global community can get our heads together and straighten out ourselves. Am I reading too much into it?
The song also references 'dreams', as in "our dreams are where we're at, where we can see and touch", etc. Early on the Mr. and Mrs. Smoke reference seems to portray people who have forgotten the purpose of life, themselves, relationships. Kind of like people keeping up with the Jones, 'really clicking'. I think the 'still having trouble with the things that arn't meaningful' could almost be sarcastic or a type of paradox in that Mr and Mrs Smoke don't see them as meaningful but they should. Then the dreams as they relate to people turn into dreams as they relate to the country as a whole, hence the reference to 'god keep our land'.
But of course Gord's lyrics are subject to multiple views and interpretations...lol
My fav close is Josephine, first because the closing lines 'Goodnight, goodnight" seem perfect to end a CD. Second, the lines
' I remember you there at the table
surrounded by all the days plans
eyes flickering you're trying
to let a coffee cup warm your hands'
Actually provided vivid memories of a friend.
