Post by muzzleofbees on May 8, 2010 23:15:47 GMT -5
This is still very interesting. I'm not sure I have neither the general overview nor the referantial skills to see the whole picture, but the suggestions on how HiW fits into the greater storyline is rather mind blowing.
Just two questions regarding A Slight Discomfort.
Could the last part of A Slight Discomfort being Holly (or whoever it is) talking to god?
"You say you said prayers.
But it felt like there was nobody there.
I didn't think that you'd get it."
I don't know where the quote starts and ends in the snippet above, but if both the two last lines is said by Holly, "you" would refer to god, wouldn't it? Or is she telling the narrator that he wouldn't get it if she told him about the prayers? I might be on deep water here, but I wonder if the last part of the song can bee seen as a conversation between Holly and god. Like it's the day of judgement.
Second: How does A Slight Discomfort relate to Knuckles?
"All the small talk seems like suicide.
The spiderwebs with their legs and eggs and eyes
They creep up from behind."
vs.
"His elbow was a spiderweb/ with five spiders trapped inside/ he said: the last guy didn't have to die. but the first four looked so nice/ I wanted five/ I've been trying to get people to call me Sunny D/ I've got the good stuff kids go for/ heople keep calling me five alive/ because the last guy didn't really die/ I just lied/ and the first four didn't really die/ I just lied."
I can also see from the Hold Steady wiki that "spiderwebs" can have several meanings. I just wonder how the spiders in A Slight Discomfort relates to the earlier references to spiders and spider webs.
Just two questions regarding A Slight Discomfort.
Could the last part of A Slight Discomfort being Holly (or whoever it is) talking to god?
"You say you said prayers.
But it felt like there was nobody there.
I didn't think that you'd get it."
I don't know where the quote starts and ends in the snippet above, but if both the two last lines is said by Holly, "you" would refer to god, wouldn't it? Or is she telling the narrator that he wouldn't get it if she told him about the prayers? I might be on deep water here, but I wonder if the last part of the song can bee seen as a conversation between Holly and god. Like it's the day of judgement.
Second: How does A Slight Discomfort relate to Knuckles?
"All the small talk seems like suicide.
The spiderwebs with their legs and eggs and eyes
They creep up from behind."
vs.
"His elbow was a spiderweb/ with five spiders trapped inside/ he said: the last guy didn't have to die. but the first four looked so nice/ I wanted five/ I've been trying to get people to call me Sunny D/ I've got the good stuff kids go for/ heople keep calling me five alive/ because the last guy didn't really die/ I just lied/ and the first four didn't really die/ I just lied."
I can also see from the Hold Steady wiki that "spiderwebs" can have several meanings. I just wonder how the spiders in A Slight Discomfort relates to the earlier references to spiders and spider webs.