Go Or Go Ahead - why lyrics shouldn't be dumb

It is not necessary to be obtuse and pedantry in order to be highly regarded. But many things are just too simplistic. I agree that entertainment should be simple. An example: if I were to watch a movie, heck, who cares about the subtleties and references? I just want to be entertained.

But imagine if you could just take a bit of time to think about the meaning behind the choice of words in a song or the imagery conjured up by the movie director. Wouldn't it serve to create an altogether more personal and meaningful experience?

Go Or Go Ahead

Thank you for this
Bitter knowledge
Guardian angels who
Left me stranded
It was worth it
Feeling abandoned
Makes one hardened but
What has happened to love?

Got me writing
Lyrics on postcards
Then in the evenings
Looking at stars
But the brightest of the planets
Is Mars
What has happened to love?

So I will opt for the
Big white limo
Vanity fairgrounds and
Rebel angels
Can't be trusted with
Feathers so hollow
Heaven's invention
Steel-eyed vampires of love
You see over me
I'll never know
What you've shown
To other eyes

Go or go ahead
And surprise me
Say you've lead the
Way to a mirage
Go or go ahead
And just try me

Nowhere's now here
Smelling of junipers
Fell off the hay bales
I'm over the rainbows
But oh Medusa kiss me
And crucify
This unholy notion of the
Mythic powers of love
Look in her eyes
Look in her eyes
Forget about the ones
That are crying
Look in her eyes
Look in her eyes
Forget about the ones
That are crying

Go or go ahead
And surprise me
Go or go ahead
And just try me



Rufus Wainwright