Sanity Slippage Song: The Painter, in which the narrator is driven insanely jealous due to suspicions his wife is being seduced by the titular painter.Rousseau Was Right / Patrick Stewart Speech: The Spirit of Man.The Roaring '20s: Patricia the Stripper is set in 1924.The Revolution Will Not Be Vilified: The Revolution trilogy ( The Revolution/ Light a Fire/ Liberty), until the end at least when it's asked if anything has really changed to justify the bloodshed.The Power of Friendship: Snows of New York.Also, some songs were written as secular love songs but were also rewritten with different pronouns to produce worship songs, such as 'Where Peaceful Waters Flow'. Part of The Words 'I Love You' stands out for this reason. Not Christian Rock: Many of his songs draw on Christian themes and imagery, but only a few can be considered actual worship.Never Accepted in His Hometown: Despite being Anglo-Irish, he was actually never popular in the UK to the same extent as that of most of mainland Europe and Brazil.The Grim Reaper: Implied in Don't Pay the Ferryman (the Charon/Styx version).

Green Aesop: Shine On, although it's less anvilicious than most, being more generally about being aware of history and preserving the world in general for future generations.Frankenstein's Monster: Making the Perfect Man starts out as a pastiche of the classic origin, complete with the Mad Scientist Laboratory and Torches and Pitchforks.English Rose: Referenced by 'Rose of England'.

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