Re: Sat In Your Lap - revisited

[Doug Alan <nessus@athena.mit.edu>]

>> [|>oug:] I think that it is this pattern of becoming disillusioned
>> through gaining knowledge -- of climbing mountains only to find
>> even taller mountains -- that has made the character in the song
>> lazy

> [Jon Drukman:] This is great.  I hadn't considered this before, but
> it really makes the song much more poignant.  Although I still can't
> understand why the music is so frenzied if the character is so lazy.

Well, actually, I think "lazy" was the wrong word to use.  I don't
think that the character is really all that lazy at all.  Rather, she
is weary and frustrated.  The tone of the music, I think, perfectly
captures the frustration.

|>oug

"E is for ED whose fingers fell off"