Sunday, September 11, 2011

Harry Nilsson's "Good Old Desk"

Subject: God
Occasion: the speaker is relying on God
Audience: people who also put their faith in God
Purpose: to show that one's faith can be put in God because he is sturdy like a desk
Speaker: a person who loves and appreciates God
Tone: comforting, appreciative

This song is talking about the reliability of God by comparing Him to the sturdiness of an old desk. Knowing that this song is talking about God doesn't change my impression of it that much because I already thought of it as being comforting and talking about something reliable, which is what God means in my mind.

"It's waiting there for me to keep my hopes alive"
"It's always there it's the one thing I've got"
"It's dependable and slow"

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