The thirteenth musical thrill: what are you listening to?

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Just some lonely people having a good time, not a mobile phone in sight

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[Sean Hayden]

[Tero]

In the continuing series of analysis: what are songs about? Stuff. People. Events. A ring.

Johanna drove slowly into the city
The Hudson river all filled with snow
She spied the ring on His Honor's finger
Oh, oh, oh
A thousand years in one piece of silver
She took it from his lily white hand
Showed no fear, she'd seen the thing
In the young men's wing at Sloan-Kettering
Look outside at the raincoats coming, say, "Oh"
Look outside at the raincoats coming, say, "Oh"
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey
His Honor drove southward seeking exotica
Down to the pueblo huts of New Mexico
Cut his teeth on turquoise harmonicas
Oh, whoa, oh
I saw Johanna down in the subway
She took an apartment in Washington Heights
Half of the ring lies here with me
But the other half's at the bottom of the sea
Look outside at the raincoats coming, say, "Oh"
Look outside at the raincoats coming, say, "Oh"
Look outside at the raincoats coming, say, "Oh"
Look outside at the raincoats coming, say, "Oh"
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey

[Tero]

The characters are transient in “A-Punk,” but the song’s décor notes are specific only to themselves. They don’t reveal much, leaving the song open for elucidation. Johanna takes the ring from “His Honor” as a memento of their friendship. Half the ring winds up at the bottom of the sea. There isn’t an explanation for this, but perhaps Johanna ritualized with the ring in “His Honor.”

Half of the ring lies here with me
But the other half’s at the bottom of the sea

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