<<Also, however, I find the song musically mediocre, and the lyrical content
disappointingly shallow - almost immature. >>
Firstly, Bob S, thanks for bringing your post to the masses...it was much too good to
be enjoyed by only me!
And I'm really bowled over at your statement here, because to ME Jericho is one the
most **mature** love songs ever written! Rather than being written from a state of
infatuation (where the majority of love songs originate, I would guess), Jericho is
written from the maturation point of a relationship, where one realizes that their
love is not perfect, that the person they once probably called a "soul mate" seems
like they're a million miles away sometimes. And that she is guilty of the same thing!
"When you just can no longer pretend
That you're getting what you need
Or you're giving out anything for them to grow and feed on"
And this MIGHT seem like the end of the relationship, BUT she follows it with this
line:
"I'll try to keep myself open up to you
It gets easier and easier to do
Just like Jericho
Let these walls come tumbling down now"
As if to indicate that she is willing to realize the "fault lines" in herself, her
partner, and the realtionship, and to still succeed within those parameters. Shallow?
Far from it, to my understanding. The depth of the lyric is why I would place it on
Hejira, it partners with the sentiment of "Blue Motel Room" imo.
It reminds me of the great post from Siresorrow Pat, who said that in a
marriage/partnership, there are three things; you, your partner, and the "it" that is
the relationship. That realization comes from maturity, I think.
<<She sounds like the golfer who feels she needs to re-vamp her whole swing, when
really it is just one or two corrections, and her swing is basically pretty much ok as
is. >>
And I would say that she's the kind of golfer who had aspirations of playing on the
PGA tour (LPGA I suppose), but in time realizes that she's not going to make it and
can still find pleasure in playing to the best of her limitations.
Thanks for letting me play through! ;~)
Bob M.
NP: The Reivers, "Lazy Afternoon"
