| Jack Johnson – It's All Understood Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| This song is about relative and absolute truth. It's about believing in religion. or just believing in something absolute. I think the story about the girl is an example of how Jack Johnson didn't laugh when the others pretentiously did. | |
| Jack Johnson – They Do They Don't Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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"It's just a phase, bring in some new life" maybe here he is saying that he welcomes progressive Christianity or he demands new ideas of religion. I take back the fruits. It's clear now he was referring to the apple or fruit of (knowledge/wisdom of good and evil). |
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| Jack Johnson – They Do They Don't Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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This song is about religion. It's a continued thought from his other song, It's All Understood, which was about relative truths and religion... about believing and/or following the group mentality/ group think of religion. Here, he's less optimistic and is actually critical (in contrast to the aforementioned song). The "tracks" are the roads which are very limited (like rail road tracks). black and white is the assumption there is no gray in morality according to religion. We are such villains are the religious leaders. He continues to hint at religion with use of words like "pray." He's talking about how what religious ppl say and do aren't always the same. He strongly criticizes relgion saying the current state of it is a "point of view" that "was chosen by the serpent's ruse." Do's and don'ts are the rules of religion. The future of a life of religion becomes an empty promise. (ie. no afterlife, etc). Archaism refers to the nature of religion to assume the ideas established long ago are absolute still today. But he disagrees with Archaic principles saying its a road that leads nowhere (significant). "the fruit" refers to the "fruits" as described in the bible (i.e. the fruits of God's spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, goodness, long-suffering, faithfulness, kindness, and self control.) Generally speaking, he's criticizing the old ways of Western religious thought. He offers no solution and made no comment on progressive Christianity. |
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| Jack Johnson – What You Thought You Need Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I think this song is about a start of a romantic relationship. The map serves as an indication that the relationship can go in a direction (a direction chosen by the female) "Home" is where the heart is. The forest represents the environment. It sleeps because the forest becomes less important to their relationship. I don't think there's any history, but there's plenty of growth in the future ("the road ahead"). The relationship can grow into anything. He ends it with the question of How one really knows if this relationship is "the one" or the "perfect love." But he replies to his own answer and says its what is feels like and therefore nothing more or less. |
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