In response to: Let It All Fall Down by James Taylor
“Sing a song for the wrong and the wicked and the strong and the sick, as thick as thieves.
For the faceless fear that was never so near, too clear to misbelieve.
Well the sea is jumping salty and the porpoise has the blues,
my recollection's faulty and I cannot find my shoes.
And my wiring is misfiring due to cigarettes and booze,
I'm behind in my dues, I just now got the news.
He seems to tell us lies and still we will believe him,
then together he will lead us into darkness, my friends.”
In this section of the song the artist talks about how everything is mixed up and nothing makes sense, this seems to be referring to world in general but also the government. It talks about how his “wiring is misfiring due to cigarettes and booze” which is talking about people’s reactions to mind altering substances and other addictive recreational drugs how that can change how our bodies works in certain circumstances. “He seems to tell us lies and still we will believe him, then together he will lead us into darkness, my friends.” refers to the government, the president in particular, and states that the government lies to us and could be leading us down a dark path.
“Let it fall down, let it fall down, let it all fall down.
Let it fall down, let it fall down, let it all fall down.”
This passage is saying to let it all fall down, let the corrupt infrastructure fall down.
“The man says stand to one side, son, we got to keep this big ball rolling.
It's just a question of controlling for whom the bell is tolling.”
This is referring to government, and our party system, to stand to one side, and vote to keep our government in it's best condition and keep “the ball”, America, rolling. “It's just a question of controlling for whom the bell is tolling”, this passage could be talking about a few things, one of which could be controlling the american people and who that consists of.
“Let it fall down, let it fall down, let it all fall down.
Let it fall down, let it fall down, let it all fall down.”
“There'll be suffering and starvation in the streets, young man.
Just where have you been, old man? Just look out of your window, man.”
This section seems to be reaching out to people from different generations. To the young man, saying that if they elect the wrong choice there could be bad outcomes like suffering and starvation. To the old man, saying that this has happened before and to learn from the past, saying where have you been, is them saying we’ve been through this haven't you been paying attention? And “just look out your window man ensues that everyone, regardless of age, needs to wake up and see what's happening around them.
“Let it fall down, let it fall down, let it all fall down.
Let it fall down, let it fall down, let it all fall down.”
“Well, it ain't nobody's fault but our own,
still, at least we might could show the good sense
To know when we've been wrong, and it's already taken too long.
So we bring it to a stop then we take it from the top,
we let it settle on down softly like your gently falling snow
or let it tumble down and topple like the temple long ago.”
By saying in the first part of this verse that it's our own fault, the artist is talking about how our actions heavily impacted the events at hand and how we can take blame for it.It says “we might could show the good sense
To know when we've been wrong, and it's already taken too long.” and that's talking about how we are partly to blame and we should have come clean and taken the responsibility but we have taken too long to come to that conclusion. For the second part of that verse it's saying that when we try to fix our actions we do it one of two ways, we either take is slow and gently or we blow the whole thing up out of proportion and everything goes poorly. With the choice of either option, we end up with one result, the decimation of our 'unstable structures'.
“Let it fall down, let it fall down, let it all fall down.
Let it fall down, let it fall down, let it all fall down.“Work Cited: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/jamestaylor/letitallfalldown.html
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