Tracey Chapman--Behind the Wall
This song is about a domestic violence(DV), which is one of the major social issues. She hears the screaming of a wife and police saying " they can't interfere with domestic affairs.", but after a wife gets injured and ambulance came, police say " they are here to keep peace." So she is basically complaining of irony that police will not act unless it's too late. Her way of singing makes us think that she might have been a victim of DV. Although the song is extremely short, she explains the situation clearly and sings with deep emotion.
Tori Amos--Silent All These Years .
This song is about a 16 years old student named Jeremy. He had really tough life since he was born and until he committed suicide in front of 30 classmates in English class. According to my research, he had been lonely for the entire life and had some psychiatric problems and his dad didn't care about him at all. Nobody knows what crossed his mind, but he shot himself in English class at period 2 in front of 30 classmates with magnum and died at the age of 16. Pearl Jam later wrote song about him to raise awareness of child abuse and youth isolation.
This song is about a domestic violence(DV), which is one of the major social issues. She hears the screaming of a wife and police saying " they can't interfere with domestic affairs.", but after a wife gets injured and ambulance came, police say " they are here to keep peace." So she is basically complaining of irony that police will not act unless it's too late. Her way of singing makes us think that she might have been a victim of DV. Although the song is extremely short, she explains the situation clearly and sings with deep emotion.
Tori Amos--Silent All These Years .
This song is about rapes and it was written to give her voice to her inner rage at being raped. "Silent all these years" suggest that she has been quiet for what people have done to her, but not anymore. "Funny lip shape" is certainly the injury she got while being raped. To confirm the fact that the song is about rape, she says "boy you best pray that i bleed real soon", which means she might be pregnant. This song vaguely tells us that women who got raped cannot easily ask for help and she claims that is the main problem of the raping.
Pearl Jam--Jeremy This song is about a 16 years old student named Jeremy. He had really tough life since he was born and until he committed suicide in front of 30 classmates in English class. According to my research, he had been lonely for the entire life and had some psychiatric problems and his dad didn't care about him at all. Nobody knows what crossed his mind, but he shot himself in English class at period 2 in front of 30 classmates with magnum and died at the age of 16. Pearl Jam later wrote song about him to raise awareness of child abuse and youth isolation.
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