@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
Black then white are all I see in my infancy.
Red and yellow then came to be, reaching out to me.
Lets me see.
As below, so above and beyond, I imagine
Drawn beyond the lines of reason.
Push the envelope. Watch it bend.
Over thinking, over analyzing separates the body from the mind.
Withering my intuition, missing opportunities and I must
Feed my will to feel my moment drawing way outside the lines.
Black then white are all I see in my infancy.
Red and yellow then came to be, reaching out to me.
Lets me see there is so much more
And beckons me to look through to these infinite possibilities.
As below, so above and beyond, I imagine
Drawn outside the lines of reason.
Push the envelope. Watch it bend.
Over thinking, over analyzing separates the body from the mind.
Withering my intuition leaving all these opportunities behind.
Feed my will to feel this moment urging me to cross the line.
Reaching out to embrace the random.
Reaching out to embrace whatever may come.
Come embrace my desire to, come embrace my desire to,
Feel the rhythm, to feel connected
Enough to step aside and weep like a widow
To feel inspired, to fathom the power,
To witness the beauty, to bathe in the fountain,
To swing on the spiral, to swing on the spiral, swing on the spiral.
Of our divinity and still be a human.
With my feet upon the ground I lose myself
Between the sounds and open wide to suck it in,
I feel it move across my skin.
I'm reaching up and reaching out,
I'm reaching for the random or what ever will bewilder me.
And following our will and wind we may just go where no one's been.
We'll ride the spiral to the end and may just go where no one's been.
Spiral out. Keep going, going
Red and yellow then came to be, reaching out to me.
Lets me see.
As below, so above and beyond, I imagine
Drawn beyond the lines of reason.
Push the envelope. Watch it bend.
Over thinking, over analyzing separates the body from the mind.
Withering my intuition, missing opportunities and I must
Feed my will to feel my moment drawing way outside the lines.
Black then white are all I see in my infancy.
Red and yellow then came to be, reaching out to me.
Lets me see there is so much more
And beckons me to look through to these infinite possibilities.
As below, so above and beyond, I imagine
Drawn outside the lines of reason.
Push the envelope. Watch it bend.
Over thinking, over analyzing separates the body from the mind.
Withering my intuition leaving all these opportunities behind.
Feed my will to feel this moment urging me to cross the line.
Reaching out to embrace the random.
Reaching out to embrace whatever may come.
Come embrace my desire to, come embrace my desire to,
Feel the rhythm, to feel connected
Enough to step aside and weep like a widow
To feel inspired, to fathom the power,
To witness the beauty, to bathe in the fountain,
To swing on the spiral, to swing on the spiral, swing on the spiral.
Of our divinity and still be a human.
With my feet upon the ground I lose myself
Between the sounds and open wide to suck it in,
I feel it move across my skin.
I'm reaching up and reaching out,
I'm reaching for the random or what ever will bewilder me.
And following our will and wind we may just go where no one's been.
We'll ride the spiral to the end and may just go where no one's been.
Spiral out. Keep going, going
Lyrics submitted by Everlong, edited by swiftau, ouzts12, GiselleFreude17
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VERY nice, except when you spoke thru your skinny arse: "he is saying that he is attempting to push beyond the 2-dimensional mores and prudish religious nonsense that still holds us back as a culture." Please enlighten the masses on how we are a "prudish" society that is held back. LOL. Due to all our freedoms, we have a lovely share of disease; abortion; adultry; greed; sloth; theft; lonliness; addiction; etc. Seems to me we haven't been held back, but would be much better off if we had some restraint, which God has suggested (and shown to be good for us). We just never listen, and I gather that Maynard embraced the "mystical" too much...and probably the booze.
God does not exist, at least not in any form that can be quantified. The fact that a large part of society still hasn't accepted this fact is the source of much conflict. How many modern wars do you know of that don't have religion or ideology at the heart of them? Anyway, the vices you list have always existed, even under the theocratic rule of the Church. Read your history. These things will always exist because we are animals at heart and have animal needs. <br /> <br /> Moreover, you misunderstand my point. I am not saying the song justifies an 'anything goes for everyone' society; I certainly don't. What the song is saying, I think (and I agree with this), is that everyone must find his own path to inner balance and enlightenment. There is no one-size-fits-all spirituality or morality, and the fact that we still have all these organized religions telling us we have to live such-and-such a way and tons of stupid laws against victimless crimes demonstrates that we ARE still being held back. Not everyone can use drugs without becoming addicted, but some people can and can find enlightenment that way. And too many people are still judgmental about alternative sexualities, lifestyles, etc. That social judgment and cultural disapproval does hold some people back, because believe it or not, not everyone is apathetic enough not to care what society thinks of them and thus sadly never reach their full potential. <br /> <br /> Perhaps I am speaking out of my "skinny arse" and perhaps not. This site solicits opinions about the meanings of song lyrics. I gave mine. That you replied so obnoxiously is precisely what I've come to expect from so-called religious people and merely reinforces my point about who is truly enlightened and who isn't.
Starwatcher, thank you for such an intricate analysis, I never considered this song as you describe. However, despite religious beliefs or societal adherence to moral restrictions, are you suggesting abandonment of reason as being the evolutionary culprit of advancement? I would consider the ability to reason and a precise evaluation of consequences rendered from erroneous actions to be responsible for progress and not for the mere persuit of. Your synopsis of the linguistic element is profound and definitely a big high five, but also it is thought that the discovery of fire by our primitive ancestors actually is responsible for increasing the size of the brain as artifacts of both validate the time line. Would this be a homonoid seeking progress, or using or using reason? More an example of revolutionizing the envelope secondary to utilization via reason and not the pushit approach the arrived us to present day, but just a thought. Thanks for a conjurinistic view for a very merry Christmas! ;) <br /> <br /> P.S. conjurinistic isn't a word, but sure sounds nice...LOL.<br /> <br />
You're welcome. No, I don't reject reason at all. Quite the contrary. Reason is necessary for advancement, but by the same token, surrendering entirely to reason would cause us to lose our humanity as well. We as a society and as individuals must strike a balance, but doing so is no easy process. In fact, I believe it's something we have to work for all our lives, because the moment we think we have all the answers, they collapse in front of us like a house of cards. Very Taoist of me, no? :) <br /> <br /> We cannot find all the answers in one source or another, one philosophy, one kind of thinking or belief system. That is why this song remains purposely ambiguous. There are no easy answers, and in the process of exploration and change we may destroy ourselves, or become something other than human, but we must press on, because to become stagnant as a culture (or as an individual) is a kind of death. We cannot allow simplistic or oppressive ideologies or philosophies to hold us back.
Oh, and I like conjurinistic. To paraphrase a popular beer commercial, stay creative, my friend. :)
Someone mentioned it a bit below, but I think "Spiral out, keep going" may be talking about our DNA as humans and to keep growing (or evolving) to "go where no ones been".
@Starwatcher23 I like your interpretation. I think you should go to youtube and look up "Lateralus Fibonacci"