Over a thirty-five-year career that began in clubs around their native Atlanta, Georgia, the multi-Grammy-winning duo of Emily Saliers and Amy Ray has recorded sixteen studio albums, sold over 15 million records, and built a dedicated, enduring following across the globe. God, I love this song.Released in 1989, Indigo Girls' eponymous major label debut sold over two million copies under the power of singles “Closer to Fine” and “Kid Fears” and turned Indigo Girls into one of the most successful folk duos in history. This one is more literal the dperession of being in a closet has taken a toll on him, and he now wants to find solace-that's is EXTREMELY hard to do. And the singer learned so much from him that he decided to come out-and because of that, he felt free.Ħ. I think the gay persona was consulting an elderly gay person who had it tough he knew exactly what the person was going through, and can even see through his pretensions and lies. Brilliant description of being in the closet-hiding (darkness is a hunger, meaning you get used to the false comfort of pretending you're not gay) your true sexuality and negelceting the urgency of coming out (light has a call that's hard to hear), feeling "safe" till you can't take the pretence anymore (till I sank it ), being contrlled by fear (wrapped around you like a blanket)-sad but true, and extremely well thought of.ģ,5,7.You know how some people actully try and find WHY some people are gay? This stanza says-"WHO CARES?"-People looked for answers everywhere doctors, preachers, the bible-they searched high and low for causes and the moral implications-but if the world just focuses A LOT LESS on the why's and how's and just let us live our life the same way straight people do, then the closer we'll all be to inner and outer peace.Ĥ. ġ.Basically,the person in this stanza (who happens to be gay) is saying that he has taken his life more seriously, simply because of al the homophobia, ignorance and gay hate crimes.Ģ. ![]() ![]() The Indigo Girls are speaking in behalf of the the gay peeps when they wrote this song, and it has now become my personal anthem to anyone who's opposed to, or are continuously questioning, my life. It ROCKS!īasically, the song is about a gay person's life and how he/she yearns for the world to understand his/her life. When I first came out of the closet, I made it my life mission to look for songs that best describe what I was feeling.no other song best describes that than this one. We read up on revival, we stand up for the lookout Yeah, we go to the Bible, we go through the work out We look to the children, we drink from the fountain We go to the doctor, we go to the mountains Twice as cloudy as I'd been the night before To seek solace in a bottle, or possibly a friendĪnd I woke up with a headache like my head against a board I went to the doctor, I went to the mountains I spent four years prostrate to the higher mind He graded my performance, he said he could see through me ![]() He never did marry or see a B-Grade movie With a poster of Rasputin and a beard down to his knee There's more than one answer to these questionsĪnd the less I seek my source for some definitiveĪnd I went to see the doctor of philosophy ![]() I looked to the children, I drank from the fountains I sailed my ship of safety 'til I sank itĪnd I went to the doctor, I went to the mountains Well darkness has a hunger that's insatiableĪnd lightness has a call that's hard to hear Is to help me take my life less seriously Maybe give me insight between black and whiteĪnd the best thing you've ever done for me I'm tryin' to tell you somethin' 'bout my life
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