(TV) Torn Curtain / Its Lyrics

["Casey, Leo J" <CaseyL@VOLPE.DOT.GOV>]

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From: Philip P. Obbard [mailto:pobbard@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 8:45 AM
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> I think its atonality puts people off, but
> I really enjoy the deliberate, menacing 
> pacing and dark sound; I especially love
>  the lead guitar during the fade-out. It's one
> of those songs - not unlike "The Dream's
>  Dream" - that I never want to end.
> --Philip

Very well put, Philip, I too am a huge fan
of "Torn Curtain". 

I don't believe this song's lyrics are meant 
to be taken literally (of course, one could 
probably make a similar claim about mos
of Verlaine's lyrics), but rather are supposed
to be a metpahor for the singer looking below
the surface and seeing deceit and 
unseemliness.

"Torn Curtain reveals another play. 
Torn Curtain, Such an expose! 
I'm uncertain when beauty meets abuse. 
Torn Curtain loves all ridicule. 

TEARS... TEARS rolling back the Years 
YEARS... 
Flowing by tike[TYPO?? Attn: Keith] tears. 
Tears holding back the years.
Years. The tears I never shed. 
The years I've seen before 

Torn Curtain giving me the glance. 
Torn Curtain bringing on the trance. 
I'm not hurting: Holding to the thread. 
Torn Curtain lifts me on the tread.

Torn Curtain feels more like a rake. 
Torn Curtain - how much does it Take? 
Burn it down 
Tears, tears. Years, years. 
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