"Beat-up little seagull
On a marble stair
Tryin' to find the ocean
Lookin' everywhere..."Better Off Dead
"Musically, this one has a sort of overblown, heavenly quality to it. But lyrically, it's another story of a guy getting himself into a bad relationship that he can't get out of. He says, ";When you fall in love with someone who doesn't love you Someone who treats you so badly it ramifies your head Someone who doesn't want you but won't let you go Someone who thinks you're crazy and tells you so, over and over and over If this happens to you, you're better off dead."; It's exaggerated, but there's a kernel of truth there for so many people. You don't know what bad is until you feel that. I know what I'm talking about because I was once a woman who loved too much.
I know some critic is going to think I don't know what the word ramify means, or how to use it. made up an alternate verb form of it here, like a made-up R..."Big Hat, No Cattle
"There's a book called The Duke of Deception, written by Geoffrey Wolff. It's about his father, who was a tremendous liar, though he appeared to be completely beyond reproach. He'd created this whole parallel identity, pretending to have attended certain
schools, pretending to have certain businesses. He made a profession of lying. I'm not talking about an occasional lie - that does not qualify for ";Big Hat, No Cattle."; I'm talking about people who base a whole life on lying, people who have cards that say ";producer,"; or ";CEO, Cloverdale Music."; What does it cost to have cards printed up with anything you want? Nothing...."|
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