The truck stops and the rock club walls

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'the truck stops and the rock club walls' is a part of the song 'late' sung by Ben folds.
Is the word 'walls' a verb in 'the rock club walls' above ?
I don't know the meaning of ' the rock club walls'
plz explain it in detail.
thanks in advance.

Yankee · Accepted Answer

Hi Darcy

I assume the lyrics are referring to places.

Here is the definition of "truck stop":
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truck+stop

And "rock club walls" refers to the walls in a rock club. I would say a rock club is similar to a disco or nightclub.

Cool Breeze · Answer

Your quotation is too short. You have left out something essential:

And like pathetic stars, the truck stops and the rock club walls
I always knew

The word order is poetic because this is a song. The truck stops and the rock club walls is the object of the verb knew even though it precedes the verb.

"I always knew the truck stops and the rock club walls." I'm not 100 percent certain what is meant by and like pathetic stars. My first instinct is to interpret it to mean that "I" knew all three, pathetic stars, the truck stops and the rock club walls, in the same way. Perhaps it could also mean that "I" knew the truck stops and the rock club walls in the way pathetic stars (= famous performers) knew them or were familiar with them.

Maybe someone else has an opinion?

CB

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