I miss pancakes on a Wednesday
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The effects of war on a Russian family from a small town in the Urals.
[verse 1]
He was twenty-six years old,
when they said he had to fight.
Pulled him from his pregnant wife,
came in the dead of the night.
[verse 2]
Said, he'd be fightin' for freedom,
couldn't explain, why he'd be,
Invadin' someone else's lands,
for him, to set them free.
[chorus]
I miss pancakes on a Wednesday
baked beans on a Thursday
I miss my dad, all year round,
no chance to play.
[verse 3]
Sent letters back to my mother,
said what he was told to do.
Shoot those who resisted freedom,
or refused to listen to you.
[chorus]
I miss pancakes on a Wednesday
baked beans on a Thursday
I miss my dad, all year round,
no chance to play.
[verse 4]
The Commissar didn't like my dad,
he asked too many questions.
Told him just to follow orders,
No matter what the reasons.
[chorus]
I miss pancakes on a Wednesday
baked beans on a Thursday
I miss my dad, all year round,
no chance to play.
[bridge]
They put him in a special group,
others with the same views.
Ran at mortars with only rifles,
they knew him from his shoes.
[final chorus]
I miss pancakes on a Wednesday
baked beans on a Thursday
I miss my dad, all year round,
no chance to play.
[outro]
They left him where he fell,
no use to them anymore.
A trooper from his unit,
came knockin' at our door.
Comments
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I like how the lyrics tell a story.. I like the music, ,it fits the lyrics perfectly
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I think what makes the chorus hit so hard is that it’s the little things that the narrator misses. Pancakes on a Wednesday. It’s the stuff you don’t normally think about, but the when that person is gone, the absence is so strongly felt. I figured that last verse was coming, but it still hits like a ton of bricks. The tragedy of war can be summed up right there. “They left him where he fell / No use to them anymore” in particular lays out how ultimately, the soldiers themselves are just pawns. Really well written.0
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I like the story. It definitely has impact.
I found the perspective a little confusing/ambiguous. The verses are in 3rd person narration, then the chorus is in first person. But is it the soldier speaking or the narrator? Is the narrator the unborn child now grown and missing his dad? If the latter, how do the pancakes and baked beans enter into it as presumably they never had them before to miss? Nor is it likely that he would miss his dad if he had never met him (gone whilst the mother was pregnant), but that could be overlooked in a song.
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Except if there is one child circa 8 years old another unborn, the narrator is the 8 year old.
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Ok, but where is that in the song?
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Occams razor, my dear Watson
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Lol. We'll agree to disagree on this one! 😁
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