Telling Stories -- post-structuralism in popular culture?

Gar Lipow lipowg at sprintmail.com
Thu Apr 20 21:01:49 PDT 2000


Title song from Tracy Chapmans album "Telling Stories". An example of Post-structuralism in popular culture?


>
> There is fiction in the space between
> The lines on your page of memories
> Write it down but it doesn't mean
> You're not just telling stories
>
> There is fiction in the space between
> You and reality
> You will do and say anything
> To make your everyday life
> Seem less mundane
> There is fiction in the space between
> You and me
>
> There's a science fiction in the space between
> You and me
> A fabrication of a grand scheme
> Where I am the scary monster
> I eat the city and as I leave the scene
> In my spaceship I am laughing
> In your remembrance of your bad dream
> There's no one but you standing
>
> Leave the pity and the blame
> For the ones who do not speak
> You write the words to get respect and compassion
> And for posterity
> You write the words and make believe
> There is truth in the space between
>
> There is fiction in the space between
> You and everybody
> Give us all what we need
> Give us one more sad sordid story
> But in the fiction of the space between
> Sometimes a lie is the best thing
> Sometimes a lie is the best thing
> <<...>>



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