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A Thought Provoking Thing

Apple pie. It reminds me of that song, "American Pie" by Don McLean. I was in middle school and waiting for an eye exam when I heard it for the first time. Each refrain of the eight-and-a-half-minute song's six choruses convinced me more and more that the song was an incoherent, drug-inspired ballad. Later, a friend told me a different interpretation of the song. They said that the song was about going to war, saying "bye" to your country, and drinking with your friends one last time before leaving. I'm not sure if all of the lyrics fit that idea perfectly, but at least the chorus seems to work. At any rate, it's a much more sobering interpretation than "Don McLean had a pen in his hand while he was shooting up"—regardless of what the artist was intending to say.