August 25, 2006

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  The topic is:
  Take the lyrics to your favorite song, and analyze them.
  Take whichever perspective you would like -
  the band's, the songwriter's, or your own. 

  
  

   

  
  

  Luka Lyrics

  
  

  by Suzanne Vega

  
  

  My name is Luka
  
  I live on the second floor
  
  I live upstairs from you
  
  Yes I think you've seen me before
  
  If you hear something late at night
  
  Some kind of trouble. some kind of fight
  
  Just don't ask me what it was
  
  Just don't ask me what it was
  
  Just don't ask me what it was
  
  I think it's because I'm clumsy
  
  I try not to talk too loud
  
  Maybe it's because I'm crazy
  
  I try not to act too proud
  
  They only hit until you cry
  
  And after that you don't ask why
  
  You just don't argue anymore
  
  You just don't argue anymore
  
  You just don't argue anymore
  
  Yes I think I'm okay
  
  I walked into the door again
  
  Well, if you ask that's what I'll say
  
  And it's not your business anyway
  
  I guess I'd like to be alone
  
  With nothing broken, nothing thrown
  
  Just don't ask me how I am
  
  Just don't ask me how I am

  
  

  How/Why does this song speak to you? 
  OR
  You can be literal - what does it actually mean
  (If you've heard explanations by the singer
  /songwriter in an interview or otherwise - 
  or if you wrote it or know who did)?

  
  

  THIS SONG SPEAKS TO ME BECAUSE IT IS AN EXPERIENCE 
  THAT I HAVE BEEN THROUGH ON MORE THAN ONE 
  ACCOUNT AND NEVER WISH TO GO THROUGH AGAIN!!

  
  

  THIS WAS OBTAINED FROM THE
  SUZANNE VEGA WEBSITE

  
  

  Who is Luka?

  
  

  The song Luka is written from the point-of-view of an abused 
  child and tells his story in a subtle and psychologically 
  realistic way, only hinting at the horrible secret of his
   life. Some people have also read it to be a song about an 
  abused woman, and although this was not what Suzanne 
  though of when she wrote the song, it is certainly also a 
  valid interpretation.

  
  

  The name "Luka" is indeed taken from a real person with that
   name, whose outer character Suzanne borrowed. There is, 
  however, no reason to believe that Luka was an abused child 
  in real life. This is what Suzanne said in a Swedish
   television special recorded 3 November 1987:

  
  

  "A few years ago, I used to see this group of children playing in 
  from of my building, and there was one of them, whose name
   was Luka, who seemed a little bit distinctive from the other
   children. I always remembered his name, and I always 
  remembered his face, and I didn't know much about him, but 
  he just seemed set apart from these other children that I would 
  see playing. And his character is what I based the song
   Luka on. In the song, the boy Luka is an abused child -- 
  I real life I don't think he was. I think he was just different"

  
  

  AS SHE SAYS, SHE DIDNT ORIGINALLY WRITE IT
  ABOUT AN ABUSED WOMAN, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE 
  RELATE IT TO BEING ABOUT THAT.  BEING INVOLVED 
  IN SEVERAL ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS, I CAN SO 
  RELATED TO THE WORDS OF THAT SONG...

  If you hear something late at night
  
  Some kind of trouble. some kind of fight
  
  Just don't ask me what it was

  I REMEMBER BEING ABUSED ONLY TO BE HIT
  HARDER IF I MADE ANY NOISE.......

  I try not to talk too loud
  
  Maybe it's because I'm crazy
  
  I try not to act too proud

  YOU ALWAYS SEEM TO BLAME YOURSELF,
  YOU SAID THE WRONG THING, DID THE
  WRONG THING, LOOKED THE WRONG WAY....

  They only hit until you cry
  
  And after that you don't ask why
  
  You just don't argue anymore

  ONCE YOU START CRYING IT PISSES
  THEM OFF AND THEY START HITTING 
  HARDER IN ORDER TO SHUT YOU UP. YOU
  EVENTUALLY GET TO THE POINT OF TAKING
  IT AND NOT CRYING OR ARGUING SO THAT
  HE WILL JUST STOP AND LEAVE YOU ALONE....

   THAT SONG HAS
  ALWAYS BEEN A SONG THAT CAN BRING ME
  TO TEARS JUST LISTENING TO IT.  

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