Today's slow drag is with "The Difference," from "The Boy Named If," released in 2023. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slow_drag_remedy/ Bluesky Social: https://bsky.app/profile/slowdragwithremedy.com Email: [email protected]   "Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, Podcasts" https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=Podcasts Transcription: https://slowdragwithremedy.weebly.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag Slow Drag with Remedy on Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/1f521a34-2ed9-4bd4-a936-1ad107969046/slow-drag-with-remedy-an-elvis-costello-appreciation   References:   Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, "The Difference" https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=The_Difference   "The Difference" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tvg-OfP1LA   Octameter: https://poemanalysis.com/poetic-meter/#:~:text=Octameter%20Octameter%20refers%20to%20a,patterns%20in%20English%20language%20verse.   The difference between undertone and overtone https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/eb/qa/undertone-and-overtone   What is an appositive: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/appositive   Fiddlehead Reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDYe6ZMs3K4   Fiddlehead: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fiddlehead   The Male Gaze: https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-the-male-gaze-5118422   Purchase "The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday"   Listen to the audiobook of "The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday" for free at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq7n1pN8D1Y "The Difference" Lyrics I pulled a petal from the flower to tell just where my fortune fell About a boy beyond my caution before I lay beneath his spell And he said, "Do you know, do you know, do you, by chance, know wrong from right?" "Do you know, do you know, do you know what turns pleasure to plight? If you trust me, I know it may seem strange  I'll show you the way down into the underworld" I did just what he asked me to Lifted my skirt to show him my shoe Upon a reel of the finest fiddlehead Light as the dance around Milady's bed The steps came faster at his insistence 'Til he showed me all about the difference "It's not about the things I promised, it's not about the vow we broke If I am faithless or dishonest it's just the gaze that you provoke" And he said, "Do you know, do you know, do you, by chance, know wrong from right?" "Do you know, do you know, do you know what turns pleasure to plight? If you kiss me, at first it may seem strange I'll show you the way into another world" My father shamed me just like you Buried my name in a glass or two 'Til he came to me in his darkest house He mistook me, took me for his spouse And my cries for a woman in the distance  So, I took this knife to show him the difference 'Til he came to me in his darkest house He mistook me, took me for his spouse And my cries for the woman in the distance  So, I used this knife to show him the difference

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