Tom Barlow



#10 Suchergebnisse

Pity the poor cow, the pig, the chicken, the lobster, born with the curse of being delicious. This comic take on the sad reality of predation makes the point that even the human being can make a sumptuous meal for the right predator.
The carnival game Whack-A-Mole is a good metaphor for how we deal with our shortcomings; every time we deal with one, another pops up. This is especially true of our love life, as the narrator in the song finds out.
So Far So Good brings new life to the old joke, plumbing the despair of a man who encounters a woman who he hopes is his salvation but proves to be anything but. It's dark humor should proved a good counterpoint to a rollicking tune.
If you've lived long enough you've run into someone like Miss Behave, destined to lead you into trouble but so alluring you think the trip might be worth the pain. It never is. This witty take on such compulsion might bring back some conflicted memories.
There are many visions of how our world will end, but every one of them shows it disappearing in plumes of smoke. The evocative lyrics to the song Smoke capture scenes that speak to the role fire and smoke play for good and evil.