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I like this song, but have a question on it.
Just as a reminder it is a song about “riding a train” which is a mashal for life.
Here is my question the mashal doesnt make any sense. I think since the nimshal is so obvious people automatically view it in terms of the nimshal. But a mashal has to make sense too.
Some examples:
“youll soon be going for a ride theres no place to run no place to hide”
While this makes sense for life (the nimshal) the mashal doesnt make sense what kind of train cant you hide from?
“you try to check your ticket but dont know what it means will you ride on velvet and dine on fine cusine or is a place to sit upon a worn out wooden seat with a slice of old and crusty bread your only food to eat.”
Again while an apt description of life (the nimshal) I have never heard of a train with randomly assigned seats and tickets that are indecipherable, have you? Again the mashal doesnt make sense.
And so on and so forth
thoughts?
He made up a story of a train ride where the rider has no choice, and doesn’t know where he’ll sit.
It’s not a true story, he made it up.
Most of his Journey’s songs have double meanings.
ubiquitin,
While this makes sense for life (the nimshal) the mashal doesnt make sense what kind of train cant you hide from?
Just as we were born and live against our will, in the context of this song, I assume the rider is going to take a ride against his will.
“you try to check your ticket but dont know what it means will you ride on velvet and dine on fine cusine or is a place to sit upon a worn out wooden seat with a slice of old and crusty bread your only food to eat.”
Again while an apt description of life (the nimshal) I have never heard of a train with randomly assigned seats and tickets that are indecipherable, have you? Again the mashal doesnt make sense.
It would make sense if someone handed him a ticket rather than purchasing it himself.
ubiquitin,
Why are you labeling the song as a mashal? It seems more like a metaphor.
youll soon be going for a ride theres no place to run no place to hide”
While this makes sense for life (the nimshal) the mashal doesnt make sense what kind of train cant you hide from?
The cattle cars to the death camps?
Trust, that would make it an extremely depressing song/metaphor/mashal.
Do the mesholim of the king and his rebellious son and clever advisor make any more sense?
Yes, it’s worse than a kashya on a maaseh. This is a kashya on a maaseh shelo hayah.
im not the only one thinking of that, but i know it’s not about that
You dont ALWAYS have to disagree with every post of mine.
Yes I do.
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It’s a lot easier to twist the mashal to fit the nimshal than vice versa.
Like the man who draws the targets around the arrows… 🙂
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