OK, so this is totally a stab in the dark, but I've always had this theory about "Round Room." Could the symbolic round room represent being on drugs...? Don't attack, just listen, first line: "My room is round when I lay down/ When I wake up it's square" When he goes to bed, he's on drugs from that night, but not the next morning, so his room is square again.
Then it gets to be sad... when he repeats over and over at the end, "I want a round room just to be with you." He only feels as if he is with her when he's high (or otherwise intoxicated). There could be countless OTHER meanings, I'm just saying that this one makes some sense.
Now, contradict! I want some other opinions.
@Buddha of Suburbia
I was listening to this disc today and I also got a flash that it was about drugs - more specifically herb. At the end of the day Mike wants to smoke out and fall asleep in his now "round room". Also the line about how he can "float high" and him flying with his love - probably some allusions to lucid dreaming too.
I also think the "round church" and the "garden that's round" is a reference to Madison Square GARDEN (and maybe Hampton Coliseum too) where his "spirit is found".
There's definitely some love interest stuff in the...
@Buddha of Suburbia
I was listening to this disc today and I also got a flash that it was about drugs - more specifically herb. At the end of the day Mike wants to smoke out and fall asleep in his now "round room". Also the line about how he can "float high" and him flying with his love - probably some allusions to lucid dreaming too.
I also think the "round church" and the "garden that's round" is a reference to Madison Square GARDEN (and maybe Hampton Coliseum too) where his "spirit is found".
There's definitely some love interest stuff in the last line - being in love is like being high.
Lastly, I think @mattkid4 is dead on with how it's a metaphor for the writing process as I have read they did record the album very close, together in a circle with no overdubs.
OK, so this is totally a stab in the dark, but I've always had this theory about "Round Room." Could the symbolic round room represent being on drugs...? Don't attack, just listen, first line: "My room is round when I lay down/ When I wake up it's square" When he goes to bed, he's on drugs from that night, but not the next morning, so his room is square again.
Then it gets to be sad... when he repeats over and over at the end, "I want a round room just to be with you." He only feels as if he is with her when he's high (or otherwise intoxicated). There could be countless OTHER meanings, I'm just saying that this one makes some sense. Now, contradict! I want some other opinions.
@Buddha of Suburbia I was listening to this disc today and I also got a flash that it was about drugs - more specifically herb. At the end of the day Mike wants to smoke out and fall asleep in his now "round room". Also the line about how he can "float high" and him flying with his love - probably some allusions to lucid dreaming too. I also think the "round church" and the "garden that's round" is a reference to Madison Square GARDEN (and maybe Hampton Coliseum too) where his "spirit is found". There's definitely some love interest stuff in the...
@Buddha of Suburbia I was listening to this disc today and I also got a flash that it was about drugs - more specifically herb. At the end of the day Mike wants to smoke out and fall asleep in his now "round room". Also the line about how he can "float high" and him flying with his love - probably some allusions to lucid dreaming too. I also think the "round church" and the "garden that's round" is a reference to Madison Square GARDEN (and maybe Hampton Coliseum too) where his "spirit is found". There's definitely some love interest stuff in the last line - being in love is like being high. Lastly, I think @mattkid4 is dead on with how it's a metaphor for the writing process as I have read they did record the album very close, together in a circle with no overdubs.