Word: numb
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...announcer began to count down with 10 seconds left to play. Three, two, one. The Harvard players collapsed to the ground. Fatigued. Numb...
Because I sit with my foot elevated on the desk and my keyboard cradled in my lap, I feel good. Granted, that is probably because my foot is numb, but I am happy to have played this weekend. My tendon is probably slightly sprained and I'll be able to play again in time for racquetball or maybe even our volleyball match tomorrow. Injuries last days; IM points and records count for the whole year...
...comes Old Man Ferguson from just around the block--/ (I can't stand this crock of schlock!)/ The Town Police make sure you never see yourself a bum./ The Litter Agents sweep Offstage the smallest crumb./ The cleanliness can numb you; where'd they stash away the scum?/ We're not dumb; it's in the slum...
...companies. Right after the Gulf War, these were the people the U.S. hoped, maybe expected, would overthrow Saddam Hussein. But the political discontent I saw then seems to have dissipated. Now, after enduring rigorous economic sanctions that have stripped away their wealth, the educated merchant class has settled into numb resignation. The dinar has been devalued to one five-hundredth of its previous value: a government official who earned a yearly salary of $50,000 now gets $100. Gone too is the zest for life, the unpretentious way with visitors, the jocularity...
Themes of fantasy and insincerity are evident on other tracks as well. A frustrated, angry defensiveness underscores these songs, which, like "E-bow," are among the more successful on the album. "So Fast, So Numb" projects a convincing exasperation with a deluded second person, imploring "This is now! This is here! This is me!" "Electrolite" snidely comments on the slippery and ultimately minimal value of fame: "I'm Steve McQueen/I'm Jimmy Dean/You are the star tonight." That this refusnik sensibility might be the expression of the band's own attitude is teasingly suggested by the song's final line...