Every once in a while my son Ben will
ask me what some song or other is about. Inevitably it is some song
I've liked and listened to for the last thirty years, so the most
common answer I give him is..."Uh...I'm not really sure." I
think this is very common. You get caught up in the catchy tune, and
you can sing the chorus, because hey, they sing that part more than
once! But it's usually too much work to try to decipher the lyrics
and then try to figure out what they meant with the poetic
language, dense symbolism, and obscure references.
Just off the top of my head here are a
few songs that are commonly misunderstood.
