There is so much to be said about the last three stanza's.
My favorite lyric is, "the arc of time, the stench of sex, the innocence you can't protect" Oberst just compared the loss of innocence and fear that is prominent through sex to time; the fear of time passing by us is just as terrifying as sexual encounters. Also, "the instinct of the blind insect/ who never thinks not to accept it's fate; that's faith, there's happiness in death". Which explains how humanity worries so much about death and aging and life, when something small and virtuous such as a bug doesn't even thing about it: it just is. This song is very Tao.
There is so much to be said about the last three stanza's. My favorite lyric is, "the arc of time, the stench of sex, the innocence you can't protect" Oberst just compared the loss of innocence and fear that is prominent through sex to time; the fear of time passing by us is just as terrifying as sexual encounters. Also, "the instinct of the blind insect/ who never thinks not to accept it's fate; that's faith, there's happiness in death". Which explains how humanity worries so much about death and aging and life, when something small and virtuous such as a bug doesn't even thing about it: it just is. This song is very Tao.
Awsome.. I've always wondered what he meant by that
Awsome.. I've always wondered what he meant by that