Lou Reed Lyrics-42 – All is ordered and all is grace (from “Think It Over”) (Now Playing Week 17)

On this beautiful and soothing track, Lou sounded more optimistic than he had in years.

Think about this

“Think It Over” features a few simple lines about a couple, in love and in bed, on a blissful morning. He proposes to her, and asks her to “think it over.” But she wonders if their life, their world, might not be the ideal.   

Imagine something else

She wonders if maybe, somewhere outside their bedroom, outside the building, there’s a place where everything is better and everyone is wiser and happier.  She might have to consider his proposal carefully – and maybe even reject it. She wouldn’t want to miss out on something wonderful and perfect that she might come across in the future or in some other place, would she?

Think about "here and now"

Then she realizes exactly what he’s proposing. Regardless of whatever experience the distant future might hold, and regardless of whatever adventure some “faraway place” might offer, he’s offering to love her and care for her – here and now. That’s enough to make her “think it over.”

Think It Over, Lou Reed …

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