In the women's restroom on the lowest level of Venable, there is some somewhat unusual graffiti (along with the standard "I <3 Jim H.," etc). On one of the walls is written the line, "To Avalon we line the streets." I was always a bit intrigued by this, figuring it was a quote but not knowing what the quote was from. Maybe some epic tale or poem? No. Not really.
It's actually from the Hanson song "Lay Me Down."
I admit, when I Googled the line, I didn't expect to come up with that. Having spent many of my formative years listening to my parents' favorite lite rock station, I didn't know much popular music as a kid. I didn't think this was a typical line for pop songs, though. I have to wonder whether or not that line was an organic part of the song-writing process, or if whoever wrote the song put it in afterwards because it sounded cool. Maybe they'd always wanted to use the line and didn't know where else they could put it. I guess it's a silly subject for a blog post, particularly since I'm not sure where most pop music fits under the umbrella of art, but it made me think, so I thought I'd share.
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