Thing #124: It's never too late to realize how brilliant a song line is.
So, I'm sitting on my futon playing my guitar a few minutes ago when I have a revelation, or maybe an epiphany. I'm not sure what it takes to get to the level of 'epiphany', so I'll just go with revelation. Anyway, I'm playing this song, "Close of Autumn" by Caedmon's Call. Now I first heard this song in 1997 or so and learned to play it several years ago. Then I run across the following line.
"I guess I'll drop my anger here/Before I float away"
I always thought it was a neat line, and felt like there was something different about that I could put my finger on. Now, I know your probably wonder what it is, but you probably already know. It's just a bit obvious, especially when you read it aloud. This is clearly a play on the similarity, soundwise, of anger and anchor. It took me far too many years to catch that. Brilliant.
Kiwifruit
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If your guitar was an Epiphone I would go with "epiphany" but if you were playing your Martin then it was probably just a revelation.
Goober
It was a Martin.
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