This might sound nonsensical (probably because it is), but I just saw Taxi Driver, so I had to download Kris Kristofferson’s The Pilgrim. This one line came up -
“never knowing if … the going up was worth the coming down.”
And I wondered - wouldn’t this make more sense the other way around -
“if the coming up was worth the going down.” ?
It seems like that would be an appropriate question for a fair number of people - actresses, etc. Do you think KK was thinking about this?
[hijacking self]And does anyone know if Kris Kristofferson inspired Kris Kross in any way? Their names seem too much alike for it to be a coincidence.[/autohijack]
Kris Kristofferson, star athlete, genius, Rhodes Scholar, and all-around wunderkind pretty much chucked all of that “straight” life to lead the life of a muscian, singer-songwriter, and some-time actor.
His bouts with alcohol and drugs have been pretty well chronicled and he’ll freely admit to having hit some pretty serious lows in his life - hence, “Is the the binge, the high, the extreme life on the edge, worth how terrible you’re going to feel when it all ends and you come crashing back down reality?”
I’m not familiar with Kris Kross’s work, so I can’t say. Unless they’re a world-weary sounding, folk/country/blues act, then I’d say I doubt it.
Sorry, couldn’t let that pass.
Since the line says “coming down”, it implies it is written from the perspective of someone who has already come down from some pinnacle of the high life.
If it had been written the way you suggest, then it would have been from someone who was at the top, expecting a fall. Unless, of course, it is about giving head, then your rephrasing works.
If you mean Christopher Cross, the guy who did the theme from Arthur, that’s his given name. If you mean Kris Kross, the one-hit hip-hop duo, I can’t imagine they would take inspiration from a country singer.
