Post by nightrider69d on Jul 12, 2005 15:11:13 GMT -5
Has anybody ever analyzed Raymond's lyrics and wondered what the song is about? I have an interpretation on Blood Slicked Highway. If anybody has interpretations of this or any other of Raymond's songs, please post your opinions here.
I think that Blood Slicked Highway is referring to the KKK, Neo-Nazis, or some white supremacist group. Here's why:
Who's cooking at the stake tonight?
Is it the black, yellow, the red or the white?
He's referring to all of the different ethnic groups.
The majority's meat is the minority's poison
I think the "meat" is tolerance. White supremacists would obviously be a minority, because most people don't think like them. So, tolerance is poisonous to them. Or, it could be reversed: the white supremacists are the majority, and their "meat" is poisonous to the minorities (ethnic groups).
So you keep your head down and run with the boys on
A phalanx of phallic power and contempt
A phalanx is a body of troops in close array, so it's referring to an army. White supremacists often attack minorities in small gangs.
There are berries for the bullies and the thoroughbred turkeys
A thoroughbred is a purebred (i.e., not mixed, full Aryan)
Who won't mourn your loss as they rule in your name
This might be referring to an older time period when the Klan actually had an iron fist.
You know it mocks sense but you shut your face
Their bigoted ideals mock sense, but the victims can't do anything about it and are just passive (i.e., shutting their face). For example, in the 50s, Mississippi was extremely racist, and African Americans couldn't really fight back because they were outnumbered.
I spy love but it's highly debatable
It's highly debatable because there is too much bigotry and hatred to override the love.
I hear lies and they're inescapable
Fire, fire, toil and trouble
The wall is down now watch that rubble burn
Watch that rubble burn
There's a blood red lining to every lie
A calamity in every alleyway!
I think "a calamity in every alleyway" means that anybody can be potentially attacked and there's no end to the hatred.
I'm an uneasy rider on this blood-slicked highway
There ain't one way to cook a goose
There ain't one way to tie a noose
Tie a noose, like to hang somebody. If you watched Mississippi Burning, you'll remember that Mississippians hanged a lot of African Americans.
I think that Blood Slicked Highway is referring to the KKK, Neo-Nazis, or some white supremacist group. Here's why:
Who's cooking at the stake tonight?
Is it the black, yellow, the red or the white?
He's referring to all of the different ethnic groups.
The majority's meat is the minority's poison
I think the "meat" is tolerance. White supremacists would obviously be a minority, because most people don't think like them. So, tolerance is poisonous to them. Or, it could be reversed: the white supremacists are the majority, and their "meat" is poisonous to the minorities (ethnic groups).
So you keep your head down and run with the boys on
A phalanx of phallic power and contempt
A phalanx is a body of troops in close array, so it's referring to an army. White supremacists often attack minorities in small gangs.
There are berries for the bullies and the thoroughbred turkeys
A thoroughbred is a purebred (i.e., not mixed, full Aryan)
Who won't mourn your loss as they rule in your name
This might be referring to an older time period when the Klan actually had an iron fist.
You know it mocks sense but you shut your face
Their bigoted ideals mock sense, but the victims can't do anything about it and are just passive (i.e., shutting their face). For example, in the 50s, Mississippi was extremely racist, and African Americans couldn't really fight back because they were outnumbered.
I spy love but it's highly debatable
It's highly debatable because there is too much bigotry and hatred to override the love.
I hear lies and they're inescapable
Fire, fire, toil and trouble
The wall is down now watch that rubble burn
Watch that rubble burn
There's a blood red lining to every lie
A calamity in every alleyway!
I think "a calamity in every alleyway" means that anybody can be potentially attacked and there's no end to the hatred.
I'm an uneasy rider on this blood-slicked highway
There ain't one way to cook a goose
There ain't one way to tie a noose
Tie a noose, like to hang somebody. If you watched Mississippi Burning, you'll remember that Mississippians hanged a lot of African Americans.