The Tragically Hip: Poets Meaning

Tagged: No tags, suggest one.

Poets Lyrics

Spring starts when a heartbeat's poundin'
When the birds can be heard above the reckonin' carts doing some final accounting
Lava flowin' in Super Farmer's direction
He's been gettin' reprieve from the heat in the frozen-food section

Don't tell...

Write an interpretation

anonymous
1

2

3

4

5

click a star to vote
Sep 1st 2016 !⃝
I've always thought the Hip were referring to Politicians, Salesmen, (don't get sexist its just a saying, don't get your flaps in a knot) Insurance people, and of course......the tax guy......
Never a clear picture, with a touch of dillusion, decept, mixed into an open ended salad of unansweres and confusion....!!!!....
anonymous
1

2

3

4

5

click a star to vote
Jun 7th 2014 !⃝
The song is an interplay of repeated metaphors connected to the overall inability to understand what poets mean in their different forms of art.

The song begins with a scene of Spring fever, in which the the heart begins to flow, like fresh love. The image is further described in the following line which depicts a mating ritual between birds. First the female completes the accounting of evaluating the male and then they engage in a loud display which covers the sound of the carts working in the field.

All descriptions are vague, like the artists themselves. Their crops suffer under the constant heat of the spotlight. They appear barren and unproductive.

More The Tragically Hip songs »

Latest Articles

Submit Your Interpretation

The Tragically Hip Songs

Just Posted

Taking Over Me	anonymous
All The Good Girls Go To Hell	anonymous
Wingriddenangel	anonymous
I Spoke to The Devil in Miami	anonymous
This Woman's Work	anonymous
Action! Not Words	anonymous
Everybody Loves Me, Baby	anonymous
Fall in to Sleep	anonymous
Lemon Boy	anonymous
Drama Club	anonymous
Gravity	anonymous
Our First Time	anonymous
Nymphetamine	anonymous
Liquid Smooth	anonymous
Teddy Bear	anonymous