I'd Like to See You in Black
Ted O. Jackson
TOJACKSO at HAWK.SYR.EDU
Mon Feb 12 08:16:40 EST 1996
> > > > I came here willingly
> > > > And I will go down valiantly
> > > > "The Golden Age of Leather"
> > >
> > > Exactly what do you mean by 'go down,' and how can one tell if it's
> >
> > I interpreted it to mean "die". They're dying valienlty because
> > they are all dying an a fight with each other. I thought dying cowardly would
> > mean either passively waiting for death or letting someone kill you
> > without fighting back.
>
> That's always been my interp as well. Never occured to me to
> look at it any other way.
>
> Cheers,
> Carl
Jeez, I started this trying to be a wise-ass! But anyway, if we want
to be scholarly, I guess that maybe the 'wanton child too dead to
care' who was passed 'from man to man' may have fulfilled either
interpretation of the phrase.
theo
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