We Wear the Mask

The speaker says," We sing, but Oh, the clay is vile / beneath our feet, and long the mile." (Lines 12-13) What is the most likely interpretation of these lines?

What is the mostly interpertation of these lines?

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In context, the lines might be translated that "We sing, but the mud we must walk through is disgusting (vile) and the mile seems long."

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