What is the song, " MacArthur Park", about?!
Question: What are these lyrics about?
MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down...
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh, no!
Answers: What are these lyrics about?
MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down...
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh, no!
From the author of the song:
Jimmy Webb (from Q magazine): "It's clearly about a love affair ending, and the person singing it is using the cake and the rain as a metaphor for that. OK, it may be far out there, and a bit incomprehensible, but I wrote the song at a time in the late 1960s when surrealistic lyrics were the order of the day."
OH NO!!!! You've put that awful song in my mind!!! That wasn't very nice of you! *LOL*
My understanding is that it is truly about -- nothing in particular, even though wikipedia states otherwise.
The song was written at a time when other artists (like paul simon) were just putting random phrases to music.
My guess is that the lyrics really are just random.