Why would someone leave a cake out in the rain?
“The cake is an allegory for a relationship and the rain is tears and as for MacArthur Park–this has personal meaning to the artist…can’t tell you why on that one…but he doesn’t think he will be able to “make it” because a relationship (cake)takes so long to construct (bake) and he may “never have the recipe again” (a viable way of finding a way to have a decent relationship again).” Source and further information: http://www.healthyplace.com/Journals/journal_archive_template.asp?username=jeanibeani&title=May+12+2002+-+May+18+2002&archiveFile=20020518235706.html Further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacArthur_Park_%28song%29 Richard Harris – MacArthur Park http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_rikpLY-7Q
