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in concert...whipping by far
for this vote (The best....political call to arms)...grieivance by far
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The cry for revenge isn’t as compelling as the cry for freedom
"Oh, we all got scars, they should have 'em too..."
for some reason up until i read stips comment i always thought that line meant we have scars so do they (ie-you're just like us we're just like you-human)
i don't analyze lyrics too often especially the older ones which at the time wouldn't have hit me anyway at the tender age of...19/20? not that i could understand much of what ed was singing(and the internet certainly didn't help back then with lyrics) i thought it did but to this day its still hard not to sing lines like "cant defend the command" instead of "cant defend fucked up man" this ive just learned...so many others are left that i thought i knew but looking back....ohhhh brother
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dirtyfrank0705 wrote:
At the age of 40, PunkDavid will check his own prostate and then bill his doctor.
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noaheb wrote:
in concert...whipping by far for this vote (The best....political call to arms)...grieivance by far
Quote:
The cry for revenge isn’t as compelling as the cry for freedom
"Oh, we all got scars, they should have 'em too..."
for some reason up until i read stips comment i always thought that line meant we have scars so do they (ie-you're just like us we're just like you-human) i don't analyze lyrics too often especially the older ones which at the time wouldn't have hit me anyway at the tender age of...19/20? not that i could understand much of what ed was singing(and the internet certainly didn't help back then with lyrics) i thought it did but to this day its still hard not to sing lines like "cant defend the command" instead of "cant defend fucked up man" this ive just learned...so many others are left that i thought i knew but looking back....ohhhh brother
Your interpretation certainly isn't crazy. But if we all have scars was meant to mean all of us, then the second line (they should have em too) doesn't work. If the lyric was closer to suggesting that they should recognize their scars and imperfections (i.e-marker in the sand) that would be differnet, but I don't really see that in the lyric
_________________ "Better the occasional faults of a Government that lives in a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a Government frozen in the ice of its own indifference."--FDR
Joined: Sat Aug 13, 2005 11:31 pm Posts: 7162 Location: The Only "Non-NESN" County CT Gender: Male
stip wrote:
noaheb wrote:
in concert...whipping by far for this vote (The best....political call to arms)...grieivance by far
Quote:
The cry for revenge isn’t as compelling as the cry for freedom
"Oh, we all got scars, they should have 'em too..."
for some reason up until i read stips comment i always thought that line meant we have scars so do they (ie-you're just like us we're just like you-human) i don't analyze lyrics too often especially the older ones which at the time wouldn't have hit me anyway at the tender age of...19/20? not that i could understand much of what ed was singing(and the internet certainly didn't help back then with lyrics) i thought it did but to this day its still hard not to sing lines like "cant defend the command" instead of "cant defend fucked up man" this ive just learned...so many others are left that i thought i knew but looking back....ohhhh brother
Your interpretation certainly isn't crazy. But if we all have scars was meant to mean all of us, then the second line (they should have em too) doesn't work. If the lyric was closer to suggesting that they should recognize their scars and imperfections (i.e-marker in the sand) that would be differnet, but I don't really see that in the lyric
i just saw it as we all have flaws why shouldn't the Govt folks...they should hav them too they're not really different than us...but i see that it doesn't work well with the rest of the song...i guess i thought it meant they have weaknesses as well and we could use that to our advantage...? but i guess lets kick their asses works well too!
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dirtyfrank0705 wrote:
At the age of 40, PunkDavid will check his own prostate and then bill his doctor.
both songs are incredible in my mind, and to get the point across they need to really get the listerner going get them moving, and both successfully to that, i think whipping does this better than grievance because it is so agressive so hard, but lyrically grievance is amazing, and by the end of it your rocking but also thinking. My vote goes to grievance, equally great songs though
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