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Of a simple life of need
Come into my life forever The Smashing Pumpkins – Bodies
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While “a simple life of need” – I.E. doing what’s necessary to get by and live comfortably – has all the perks of security and emotional stability, Corgan (or his character) is willing to throw that out the window for his love interest, and invites his love interest to do the same.
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Crime family, like the mafia. Meaning he’s more Don Corleone than Rudy Huxtable.
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The possessive and almost mythological lover enslaves the object of his affection with a declaration. “We must never be apart” is a demand, not a suggestion.
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For those who want inside D.O.A. (Ft. Jello Biafra) – Full Metal Jackoff
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A reference to the Berlin Wall, the concrete ring is a metaphor for the ghetto’s social and economic isolation from the rest of it’s country.
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Colt Seavers was also known as “The Fall Guy”, just as the name of the show would suggest.
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Colt Seaver, played by Lee Majors, was a Hollywood stuntman in the popular eighties television show, “The Fall Guy.”
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Robert Ripley created a show called “Ripley’s Believe It or Not”, in which they would give you stories and never specify on whether or not they were real. The quote here is a play on the name of this show.
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The narrator’s past would resemble the future of his children, as both will be ridden with racial discrimination against them. Therefore, the narrator’s past, his memories, are what his children will experience in their future.
I believe it’s more of a realization of truth and how he will, with much shame, repeat this truth to his children. I think your comment comes from the narrator’s subsequent verse where he then speaks of his past.