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Re: moth

hmm... does this mean linford was associating the original band lineup with 
an abusive relationship?

;p


melanie


>From: "Peter T. Chattaway" <petert at interchange_ubc.ca>


>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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