March 1 - Cubs in Five

I don't know why, but listening to this I found myself thinking of Walt Whitman and Wallace Stevens. Something about the intersection of the universal and timeless and the immediate.

This is a cynical song about hope. About the wonderful things we wish for and don't get. About the darkness revealed by what we don't have and the purity of aspiration of what we wish for. This is regret for love gone sour, even as the narrator knows it can't be any other way.

It's also an early appearance for Peter Hughes, who is going to become a main character. Hi, Peter!