Ministrel in the Gallery Songtext

von Jethro Tull

Worum geht es in dem Song?

"Minstrel in the Gallery" von Jethro Tull ist ein Song, der die Rolle eines Minnesängers in der Gesellschaft thematisier...

The minstrel in the gallery looked down upon the
Smiling faces.
He met the gazes --- observed the spaces between the
Old men's cackle.
He brewed a song of love and hatred --- oblique
Suggestions --- and he waited.
He polarized the pumpkin-eaters --- static-humming
Panel-beaters --- freshly day-glow'd factory cheaters
(salaried and collar-scrubbing).
He titillated men-of-action --- belly warming, hands
Still rubbing on the parts they never mention.
He pacified the nappy-suffering, infant-bleating
One-line jokers --- T.V. documentary makers
(overfed and undertakers).
Sunday paper backgammon players --- family-scarred
And women-haters.
Then he called the band down to the stage and he
Looked at all the friends he'd made.

The minstrel in the galleryl ooked down on the
Rabbit-run.
And threw away his looking-glass - saw his face in
Everyone.