I've often thought the real power of a song lyric or poem stems more from what
it suggests, than what it literally says, even if the writer had something
specific in mind.

Many of Kate's songs imply far more than is stated, but without becoming
incoherent or vague. It's a tough balancing act, but a tight-rope Kate succeeds
in walking again and again.

Aidan McClory <aidan.mcclory@...> wrote:
Or is it that we ARE like bees, in that everything is predetermined
and we
are just preprogrammed to do things? I see it as the protagonist saying "who
is this nut?" (nice use of double meaning - nut - as in seed/fruit - i.e.
reproductive nature) - but in reality we should be looking at ourselves
saying we are not that different... This is coming from a vegetarian point
of view, so maybe I am biased :D

So I definately agree that the song has undercurrents about fate and
predestination; but rather than contrasting between us and bees, I think KT
is actually saying 'we are more the same that you realise'.

ALSO I think even though the protagonist is saying 'okay we think this guy
is weird', in actuality KT ends up saying 'look, what is he is interested is
actually really quite amazing, and you shouldn't think badly of him - we all
have hobbies, and we all find beauty in different things'.

Aidan
P.S. This is on the fast track on become one of my favourite songs too!

On 9/6/07, John Roger <morango@...> wrote:
>
> Aidan,
> Thanks for bringing up one of my favourite songs. The topic of what it
> means is fascinating.
> There is a line I've seen written as
> "Did you know they can change it all?"
> but I hear it as
> "Did you know they can't change at all?"
> which fits with how I know bees to be. They're pre-programmed from
> hatching as to their role in life and cannot change. This idea that bees can
> transform things but cannot change themselves brings up fascinating issues
> of predestination and fate. We're not like bees in having the ability
> perform alchemy but maybe we have power over our own destiny somewhat
> instead.
>
>
> John
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>

--
Kind Regards,
Aidan

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]






---------------------------------
Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! Autos new Car Finder
tool.

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]