The chains of military despotism, once fastened upon a nation, ages might pass away before they could be shaken off.
“In recent decades this symbolic or metaphorical lyric has given way to one which leans toward metonymy.”
“You're never going to see the fat Elvis in me. People I admired like Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and John Belushi all died at 27. I've got jeans older than that.”