Wat is de betekenis van de titel van het liedje 'The icicle melts?'
Vandaag is het precies 25 jaar geleden dat de peuter James Bulger in Engeland werd vermoord. Toevallig is ook in januari Dolores O'Riordan (The Cranberries) overleden. Dit deed me denken aan een liedje dat zij ooit geschreven heeft:
The Cranberries - The Icicle Melts
When
when will the icicle melt,
the icicle, icicle
And when
when will the picture show end
the picture show, the picture show
I should not have read the paper today
'Cause a child, child, child, child
he was taken away
taken away
There's a place for the baby that died
And there's time for the mother who cried
And she will hold him in her arm sometime
'Cause nine months is too long, too long, too long
How
how could you hurt a child,
could you hurt a child
Now
does this make you satisfied
satisfied, satisfied
I don't know what's happening to people today
When a child, child, child, child
he was taken away
taken away
There's a place for the baby that died
And there's time for the mother who cried
And she will hold him in her arm sometime
'Cause nine months is too long, too long, too long
There's a place for the baby that died
And there's time for the mother who cried
And you will hold him in your arms sometime
'Cause nine months is too long, too long, too long
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Maar nu is mijn vraag: waarom heet het liedje 'The icicle melts?' Dat betekent toch zoiets als 'de ijskappen smelten?'