“Your Obedient Servant” is based on a real-life beef, and it can be said one of the most renowned in American history, that between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. But due to the fact that...
This song (“Schuyler Defeated”) is from the musical Hamilton, which is based on historical facts surrounding the life of Alexander Hamilton. As such, the “Schuyler” referred to in the title is one Philip Schuyler, a prominent...
Elvis Costello’s “The Puppet Has Cut His Strings” is a highly allegorical song. And we would have to presume that some of its lyrical content is only really decipherable to the singer himself, since this...
