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Re: moth

Hmmm, I have no idea what light this sheds, if any, on the song, but I'm
wondering if folks here know about the interview a friend of mine did with
Linford, in which there is a brief mention of this song:

   http://promontoryartists.org/crossing/linford.htm

   [ snip ]

   Karin wrote the chorus and I wrote the lyric. She came up with "There's
   no savior hanging on this cross, it isn't suffering we fear but loss."

   It really could be a song about an abusive relationship. People are
   willing to suffer for years in a situation that they know is ultimately
   destructive because the greater fear is losing it, making a fresh
   break. But you come to a place where the only redemptive option is to
   walk away. There's no savior that can bail you out at this point. "When
   there's no one else around to blame..."

   In a sense it was a song about the original lineup of the band. We took
   it as far as we knew how, and in order for any good to come out of the
   future we need to move on to another situation.

   [ snip ]

--- Peter T. Chattaway --------------------------- peter at chattaway_com ---
 "I detected one misprint, but to torture you I will not tell you where."
      Winston Churchill to T.E. Lawrence, re Seven Pillars of Wisdom

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