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 Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 3:04 pm
I've been trying to figure out who or what 'Mrs. O' represents. For some reason I keep thinking that Mrs. O is a Halocaust survivor... but that probably just because of the lines, "Heaven knows how they got into the fireplace" and "There's no Hitler and no Halucaust" sweat:
Anyways, I would love to hear your thoughts on this song whee
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Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 6:37 pm
Overall I think the song is about believing in things that aren't real because these fake things are real to you and in the end the 'truth won't save you'. As for the weird parts of the lyrics and the connection with random things Iono.
I don't know who Mrs. O could be...I assume a teacher but...the lyrics don't always fit. I don't know...ignore me if you really want to...
I'll shut up now.
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Romantic Conversationalist
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Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 6:33 am
To me she's just some old woman who's seen these things (or at least believes them) but has sort of become the town crazy lady because no one else believes what she says.
I don't understand the reference in one line, though. "Will you tell about the time they made you go all alone to the palace where they took your only clothes." Could someone tell me what this is referring to?
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 7:27 pm
Fairgrass To me she's just some old woman who's seen these things (or at least believes them) but has sort of become the town crazy lady because no one else believes what she says.
I don't understand the reference in one line, though. "Will you tell about the time they made you go all alone to the palace where they took your only clothes." Could someone tell me what this is referring to?
Probably a camp. It was typical of concentration camps to force prisoners to strip publicly as a psychological weapon. This was usually followed by mass execution.
I've done some Holocaust and Genocide studies, and the song frankly fascinates me.
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Romantic Conversationalist
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Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 6:50 pm
Hmm. The word "palace" threw me off, but I suppose that could be it.
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 2:15 pm
I'd always thought of the song as what might be sung by all the people in the world who so desperately need everything in the world to be "full of love" where no one ever gets hurt and instead of recognizing problems and fighting to fix them, burying their head in the sand and spitting on people who try to draw our attention to atrocity.
But then I'm a teacher myself and vain razz
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