"don't interrupt the sorrow" is one of my top 10 joni songs, and i've
honestly never thought about what it means, i've always just liked the
poetry, the melody, the arrangement, the attitude. now that i take a
look at it, i think this is truly a feminist song - anima rising - the
feminine rising up to claim the ancient crown. the imagery suggests a
man in a bar, and a female figure part waitress part girlfriend...?
what's completely unclear to me is whether the first time the anima
rises -
anima rising
queen of queens
wash my guilt of eden
wash and balance me
anima rising
uprising in me tonight
she's a vengeful little goddess
with an ancient crown to fight
- if it is a strength arising in the woman, or the feminine spirit
rising in the man. the verse in and of itself suggests the latter, but
when she leaves, it seems the former -
i'm leaving on the 1:15
you're darn right
since i was seventeen
i've had no one over me
he says "anima rising -
so what -
petrified wood process
tall timber down to rock!"
to me this says that it takes a very very long time to make a sea change
and that women are not going to get their equal position for ages to
come, that he's brushing off her feminist position.
barbara
np: madredeus, o paraiso
