Songs About Scarecrows

You know how there’s always that one person that disagrees on you with everything? Imagine you wrote a book from your point of view, and guess what he does? He writes a whole other book about the same thing  except from how he sees it. Think about how Taylor Swift’s ex-boyfriend feels about all those songs about him. How do you think you would interpret Taylor Swift’s boyfriend’s version of her song? Instead of a Taylor Swift song, I’ll take a trip into the song “Tin Man” by Future Islands from Scarecrow’s point of view.

“Tin Man” by Future Islands

You couldn't possibly know how much you mean to me
You couldn't always view inside my tarot
You couldn't possibly find it in your heart to forgive
me
You are the savage sun and scarecrow

And time goes by and you've got a lot to learn in your
life
And our hearts, locked inside(?), and Ive got to find
the one that's just right
You offer all our amends In hopes of saving me
You'd never imagine life could be straw without you
You often leave the branch out the piece that peeks
through
As long as it welcomes me, it must be truth
And time goes by and you've got a lot to learn in your
life
And our hearts, large inside/large in size(?), and Ive
got to find the one that's just right
And time goes by and you've got a lot to learn in your
life
And our hearts, locked inside(?), and Ive got to find
the one that's just right

I am the Tin Man
I am the Tin Man
I am the Tin Man
I am the Tin Man
I am the Tin Man
I am the Tin Man

It seems like this song is about a love story or a very good friendship between two people, but then one of them did something wrong. The song clearly is based off of The Wizard of Oz because of two character names in the song; Tin Man and Scarecrow. It appears that Tin Man did something that hurt Scarecrow but Scarecrow dosen’t know how much Tin Man loves him. Scarecrow wants to forgive him but finds it unbearably challenging. This song could also ccould be a real life story but put into Wizard of Oz form.

If this song was from Scarecrow’s point of view, the readers would interpret it as a person who was betrayed by someone very close to them. They want to forgive them but they don’t want to also. In the second verse, it talk about how Scarecrow offers to fix everything up and welcomes him. Scarecrow has had a hard time forgiving Tin Man but eventually just realizes that two wrongs won’t make a right.

If Scarecrow wrote this song, it would go something like this.

“Scarecrow” by Scarecrow

You couldn’t possibly know how much you hurt me

You couldn’t have ever known my feelings

I couldn’t possibly find it in my heart to forgive you

You are the savage night and Tin Man

And as time

goes by

 I’ve got a lot to learn throughout my life

And our hearts, unlocked inside

When I stand

By your side

I offer all my amends in hopes of saving you

You’d never imagine how dark life would be without me

I’d often leave a branch in my hand that peeks through

And hoping that it welcomes you

And as time

goes by

 I’ve got a lot to learn throughout my life

And our hearts, unlocked inside

When I stand

By your side

I am the Scarecrow

I am the Scarecrow

I am the Scarecrow

I am the Scarecrow

I am the Scarecrow

I am the Scarecrow

                In conclusion, it is important that the readers know Scarecrow’s point of view, or else they would not the whole story of how Scarecrow forgave Tin Man for the bad things he did, even though he didn’t want to.