Struggling Against the Current
Let the Right One In“Struggling Against the Current” is named as a bob hund song in the epigraph to Part Five. The quoted line presents speaking out not as an assured right but as a rare remaining opportunity, giving the section an opening emphasis on voice and constraint.
Attribution and placement
The song is attributed to bob hund beneath the heading “LET THE RIGHT ONE SLIP IN,” which opens Part Five. The placement makes the song fragment part of the section’s framing: it precedes the narrative and introduces the idea of a speaker trying to make a final or limited appeal.
The quoted fragment
The epigraph reads, “These days this is my only chance to say my piece…” The opening phrase locates that chance in the present, while “my only chance” narrows it to a single opening. The unfinished ellipsis leaves the statement hanging rather than supplying what the speaker intends to say; the emphasis falls on the precarious act of speaking itself.
Relation to the section heading
Part Five’s heading, “LET THE RIGHT ONE SLIP IN,” is followed by a separate epigraph attributed to Morrissey, whose lyrics include “Let the right one in” and “Let the wrong ones go.” Beside that appeal to admit or release, the bob hund fragment stresses the chance to speak one’s piece. Together, the epigraphs frame the section with questions of expression and letting go, without resolving them in advance.
