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John Denver's Fly Away

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Without knowing John Denver personally, it can be easily inferred that he had a connection to nature. It is as if nature played a metaphoric role as his security blanket. In many of his songs he referred to the sun and nature in a personal manner. Although John Denver peaked during the 1960s and 70s, he longed for a simpler and quieter time, and that is very evident in his music. John Denver’s, “Fly Away”, tells about the need to, well, fly away. He is telling a story about a woman who is seemingly lonely and desires the lively energy that perhaps a family, love, and nature would bring.
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Country life, laid back but sometimes lonely, can also be exhausting. Some people crave the soothing freedom of nature and some desire the bustling energy the city brings. The difference of living and actually feeling alive are two different entities that can be easily defined by the location where one lives. It is possible to feel alone in a crowded room, and it is also possible to feel loved and completely content while in solitude. For the woman in the song, it is evident she is craving to feel alive even though she is surrounded by almost everything. This is evident when Denver says, “Life in the city can make you crazy for sounds of the sand and the sea,” and it is true. Being surrounded by manmade sounds like car horns, doors opening and closing, and human voices can get to be too much. Sometimes the sounds of nature are the most calming, peaceful, and soothing. This theme consciously continues onto the next line, “Life in a high-rise can make you hungry for things that you can’t even see.” Again, city life can be overwhelming and forces the desire of natural surroundings to become present. How one deciphers their happiness is different from person to person. Something as simple as being able to see the stars at night or breathe fresh air could be more important than the ease of having the world at one’s fingertips in the

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