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Keljeck 03:08 pm UTC 10/26/07 |
| In reply to: | Jim Blogged! - Keljeck 03:06 pm UTC 10/26/07 |
> http://jimsteinman.blogspot.com/ > > I'm more interested in the song than in the political > babble. I'm still trying to wrap my head around it, I > know what it means and I am blown away by Jim's > characterization of Hook which is admitably, even after > reading The Dream Engine and Neverland, not what I had > expected. I'll post it here for convenience. > > THE DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND > > > I will decorate this city > With Ribbons Of Blood > I will find the endless tears > Soon to be a flood > I will conjure up the magic > Far beyond your sight > I’ll illuminate this city > With the ascension of the light > > Eternal terrors hold us down > Keep us plodding in the mud > I WILL DECORATE THIS CITY > IN RIBBONS OF BLOOD. > > Broken hearts > Are the Devil’s Playground > Shattered dreams > Disillusioned youth > And all of man > Is the Devil’s Playground > Shameless lies > And Shameful truth > > We’ll all succumb! > And some time when > The Dark exults and moons arise > In the blink of an eye > The Devil’s Playground > Is Born Again! > The Devil’s Playground > Is Alive Again! > So Come On Down > To the Devil’s Playground! > Come On Down > Before It Disappears > In the blink of an eye > You see the Devil’s playground > Now it all seems dead > But it used to be here…Once! > (Once it was here) > Once! > Before it disappeared! > > Once! > ‘Once’ always disappears > > > Trembling hands > Are the Devil’s Playground > Empty plans > And hollow hopes > ETERNAL TERRORS HOLD US DOWN > AND WE’LL ALL BE DROWNING IN THE MUD! > I will decorate this city > With ribbons of blood……………… > > > In the blink of an eye > All is lost > The storms they rumble > And the winds are tossed > In the blink of an eye > You’re a sad old man > Trying to remember > Whatever you can > In the blink of an eye > Death will clutch you > No respect > For fortune or Fame > In the blink of an eye > It all awaits you > Thousand of tombstones > Waiting for the names > Just waiting for the names > > In the blink of an eye…………… > In the blink of an eye…………… > In the blink of an ------- > I > I > I > I WILL DECORATE THIS CITY > WITH RIBBONS OF BLOOD! > > (soft) > > No matter > How tragic the loss > No matter > How heavy the cost > To this very day > I can stand tall and say: > I fought for Paradise > But Paradise lost > I fought for Paradise > And Paradise lost. > It wasn’t your fault or mine > Wasn’t this it wasn’t that > But Paradise lost > In the final at bat > Paradise lost > In the last at bat. > > (DARK.) > > I'm more interested in how sad the song is really more > than the anger. I always saw Hook as a depressed > individual driven insane by Pan being... well Pan. It'll > take longer for me to pin prick at the wording, but as for > what's being put across I love it. A mad old senex trying > to bring back what probably never was, and never can be. I wish there was an editing function, though I know why there isn't. I posted this too fast. A reread tells me he's given up on the utopia in the first place. | |
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