Re: Interpretation

["squidly" <squidly@clara.net>]

> It's like when I say the word "can".  Now....what does this mean to you? 
Out
> of the proper context, it may well refer to any number of things:  a
"can" of
> tuna, a "can" opener, someone dancing the "can-can" or perhaps it's
someone
> assenting to the fact that they are able ("can") do a particular task. 
This
> word has a broad range of meaning, but depending upon the context, it has
a
> specific meaning which the user of the word intends to convey.  It's the
same
> with music lyrics--they are meant to convey a particular message, and
whether
> it's one word or a string of words, they can only *mean* one thing within
> their proper context, and that meaning is the meaning which the author
> intended. 

The whole point of literature/art has really passed you by, hasn't it ?

Will.