Ah, I've been wondering if I was hearing that part right - the little green men that is. Wonder what it's about. That bit's not in the lyrics in the album cover either. It makes me think of Green Man beer, but it's unlikely to mean that! Maybe he was just high :)
I love this song! I tend to hear it in terms of reincarnation, though possibly just in a poetic sense. I've no idea what he believes, but there's certainly something real and important that's expressed in the sentiment of hoping to come back as an animal that's associated with, I guess, calm, simplicity, that sort of thing.
A friend told me that Kurt Cobain wished he could be a seahorse, because it's the only species where the male gets to carry the young. I guess he (KC) felt that was a deep and precious experience that, as a man, he missed out on.
There's an interesting progression of thought in the song. He begins at this place of total contentment, acceptance of his life and self and desires, rejection of possessions.
Then it's as though he seizes upon this blissful state of being and wishes it could go on. Escapism really - which is slightly contradictory to his feeling that he's done with ever wanting anything.
Then by the third section he's kinda lost that peace of mind, and the fear and frustrations of being human flood in again. I love the way the music builds and changes to reflect this progression.
Then there's those wonderful final lines, which are just so beautiful, and which I hear as some kind of restless longing for the eternal and transcendent. For all the pain that self-awareness brings for us humans, there's also this deep beauty that can shine forth in our relationships with each other, our capacity for love - that perhaps seahorses miss out on! I hear the last 2 lines as a wish that this precious connectedness could be immortalised; it feels transcendent, and like the essence of sheer beauty, and it seems fitting that it should be projected onto the heavens.
Hm, I can't explain it better than it's expressed in the song so that'll have to do :)
Final bars of music = back to the start, peace of mind restored.
In short, the song is about the beauty and the pain of being human. Perhaps over-analysis for a song that was probably written under the influence, but that's how it affects me :)
Ah, I've been wondering if I was hearing that part right - the little green men that is. Wonder what it's about. That bit's not in the lyrics in the album cover either. It makes me think of Green Man beer, but it's unlikely to mean that! Maybe he was just high :)
I love this song! I tend to hear it in terms of reincarnation, though possibly just in a poetic sense. I've no idea what he believes, but there's certainly something real and important that's expressed in the sentiment of hoping to come back as an animal that's associated with, I guess, calm, simplicity, that sort of thing.
A friend told me that Kurt Cobain wished he could be a seahorse, because it's the only species where the male gets to carry the young. I guess he (KC) felt that was a deep and precious experience that, as a man, he missed out on.
There's an interesting progression of thought in the song. He begins at this place of total contentment, acceptance of his life and self and desires, rejection of possessions.
Then it's as though he seizes upon this blissful state of being and wishes it could go on. Escapism really - which is slightly contradictory to his feeling that he's done with ever wanting anything.
Then by the third section he's kinda lost that peace of mind, and the fear and frustrations of being human flood in again. I love the way the music builds and changes to reflect this progression.
Then there's those wonderful final lines, which are just so beautiful, and which I hear as some kind of restless longing for the eternal and transcendent. For all the pain that self-awareness brings for us humans, there's also this deep beauty that can shine forth in our relationships with each other, our capacity for love - that perhaps seahorses miss out on! I hear the last 2 lines as a wish that this precious connectedness could be immortalised; it feels transcendent, and like the essence of sheer beauty, and it seems fitting that it should be projected onto the heavens.
Hm, I can't explain it better than it's expressed in the song so that'll have to do :)
Final bars of music = back to the start, peace of mind restored.
In short, the song is about the beauty and the pain of being human. Perhaps over-analysis for a song that was probably written under the influence, but that's how it affects me :)
the green men are his own acid trip as he dies
the green men are his own acid trip as he dies