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Entering the
myth of America by seeking and receiving
(as male and female) becomes like a love affair. And in spite of the latent
conflicts in the love affair, you can still keep it going, by communicating
in a subtle way. But if the relationship breaks down and you don't
get what you set out to find, it can become bitter.
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This is a
love song, but by interpreting its message as addressed to America, instead
of to a woman, it comes out as a song, sung by a man who tried hard, but
... did not make it. He's singing to the land "I ain't gonna take none
of your foolin' around", that is, giving your
goods to others, "I ain't gonna take none of your puttin' me down", keeping
me on the bottom instead of lettng me rise to the top. So he puts a spell
on her - America - because she's his.
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Kristin
Hanssen, quoting Credence, Clearwater, Revival
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