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Originally Posted by aleuzzi
Saying it is about incestral rape is reducing the lyrics to a most brutal literalism. As the great writer Barry Lopez once said: "one's inability to read metaphor signals the death of the soul."
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I was teasing by the way...
. I have a twisted sense of humor that probably escapes most people. And when I think something I see is silly, I respond with equal absurdity
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For those who take what
I say too literally instead of snickering at the metaphor: I adore this song... it's one of her deepest lyrical Mac contributions in my book. And one of her most beautiful songs to boot.