tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367859846495854541.post6486008871022549616..comments2012-02-10T17:49:50.482-05:00Inverarityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09838650110847975337noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367859846495854541.post-21349092345183847192012-02-10T17:49:50.482-05:002012-02-10T17:49:50.482-05:00While the song does use the word &quot;India&quot; several times, where is there anything to indicate that it is about colonialism?<br /><br />Looking at the first verse:<br /><br />I lost my memory today<br />The day my ship set sail<br />Atlantic seas board east<br />To India<br /><br />- Someone is going to India, but the only thing worth saying about them is that they have lost their memory. Are lost memories notably associated with the Raj?<br /><br />The seven seas<br />East India Company<br />Pass the Cape of Good Hope<br />But there is still no hope for me<br /><br />- Ok, the East India Co has been mentioned, which was colonial... but it was also very much associated with something else...<br /><br />Tried to break India&#39;s back<br />But she broke the back of me<br />It was a painful sight<br />At least to me<br /><br />- So this is a song about colonialism and the only person who suffers is the colonizer??? <br /><br />Isn&#39;t possible instead that India is being used for its associations with opium, which the EIC traded? This would make sense of the lost memory - &quot;the purpose of being a beast is to forget the pain of being a man&quot; - the lack of hope, the broken narrator, and the chorus:<br /><br />I can&#39;t keep living like this this no more<br />I can&#39;t keep living like this this<br />I can&#39;t keep living like this this no more<br />O can&#39;t you see<br />You&#39;re losing me<br />Again<br /><br />..But the colonialism idea makes sense of nothing.Netbookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16009114955640769551noreply@blogger.com