Don't Interrupt the Sorrow - Laurel Canyon vibes!

[docinwestchester]

Well done Moz. Love the arrangement!



Don't interrupt the sorrow
Darn right
In flames our prophet witches
Be polite
A room full of glasses
He says "Your notches, liberation doll"
And he chains me with that serpent
To that Ethiopian wall

Anima rising
Queen of Queens
Wash my guilt of Eden
Wash and balance me
Anima rising
Uprising in me tonight
She's a vengeful little goddess
With an ancient crown to fight

Truth goes up in vapors
The steeples lean
Winds of change patriarchs
Snug in your bible belt dreams
God goes up the chimney
Like childhood Santa Claus
The good slaves love the good book
A rebel loves a cause

I'm leaving on the 1:15
You're darn right
Since I was seventeen
I've had no one over me
He says "Anima rising
So what
Petrified wood process
Tall timber down to rock"

Don't interrupt the sorrow
Darn right
He says "We walked on the moon
You be polite"
Don't let up the sorrow
Death and birth and death and birth
He says "Bring that bottle kindly
And I'll pad your purse
I've got a head full of quandary
And a mighty mighty thirst"

Seventeen glasses
Rhine wine
Milk of the Madonna
Clandestine
He don't let up the sorrow
He lies and he cheats
It takes a heart like Mary's these days
When your man gets weak

 

[countthree]

Beautiful! What a song! Did you notice the lyrics changes?

 

[docinwestchester]

Beautiful! What a song! Did you notice the lyrics changes?

Yes! There are some gender specific lyric changes which brought me to this very interesting analysis of the song:

https://medium.com/a-longing-look/in-flames-our-prophet-witches-b91db42cde96

"Don’t Interrupt The Sorrow is a song with some very big ideas. It’s about the battle between patriarchal privilege and the convulsions — big and small — wrought by feminism and social progress. Its menacingly intimate portrait of a marriage hangs heavy with the baggage and assumptions of its time, the 1970s. But the song attains a higher ground than that. It guns for the cultural long view, tracing the ripple effect of attitudes slowly changing, beliefs coming undone."

 

[I_Am_A_Disco_Dancer]

I really like this too - his interprets this so well and love the arrangement. The Independent review said that this was "leaden jazz karaoke" - I'd like to see that reviewer attempt this at a karoake bar - or maybe not. This is not an easy song to do.

Thanks for sharing the original lyrics -changes I noticed

Second stanza -

Anima rising
Uprising in you tonight
She's a vengeful little goddess
With an ancient crown to fight

Fourth stanza -

I say "Anima rising
So what
Petrified wood process
Tall timber down to rock"

Fifth stanza -

No "He says"

Last stanza -

All lies...All lies and cheats
You'll need a heart like Mary's
Should your man gets weak

 

[Deleted member 25370]

in my eyes it's the highlight of the album. the musical arrangement lacks all false and pretentious emotionality reflecting the rhythm of anima which is never moving f***wards but wears the stone through constant dripping. the men i talked to about the album like "it's over" best, they also liked "home is a ?" best, and i would say that these two songs are also moving f***wards, thus they are reflecting the animus, offering self-aggrandisement to whoever is in need of it, like alcohol does too.

the linked article is quite interesting. the heading
“Men just aren’t as interesting as they think they are.”
can be extended with ".... and not that important".

 

[countthree]

Yes! There are some gender specific lyric changes which brought me to this very interesting analysis of the song:

https://medium.com/a-longing-look/in-flames-our-prophet-witches-b91db42cde96

"Don’t Interrupt The Sorrow is a song with some very big ideas. It’s about the battle between patriarchal privilege and the convulsions — big and small — wrought by feminism and social progress. Its menacingly intimate portrait of a marriage hangs heavy with the baggage and assumptions of its time, the 1970s. But the song attains a higher ground than that. It guns for the cultural long view, tracing the ripple effect of attitudes slowly changing, beliefs coming undone."

It's excellent Doc!!