| Jack Johnson – The Horizon Has Been Defeated Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Like everything in life, there's truth to both sides of this argument (about the meaning of this song). kellenwright accurately lays out the song in terms of the problems Jack is identifying in the world. No one would argue against the fact that he's somewhat of a 'hippy', in the sense that he takes a more liberal approach in his worldview and can see that the environmental degradation occurring now isn't going to have effects simply in economic terms, that it's really going to mess up the rythyms of nature. It's a movement that has been growing in the mass media and more generally in our culture since the 60's. However, what cwsbabygirl points out is also true. The above isn't ALL the song is about. The horizon could be thought of as the left-leaning thoughts most people experience at some point in their lives (generally their youth, especially in a liberal setting like a university). They identify the things they deem "wrong" in the world, and set out to try to "fix" it. Hence the environmental groups popping up on campuses across the world (in the same way that the civil rights movement and other movements have been driven by students advocating for change). However, as people get older (at least this is my perspective, and that of several people I've talked about this with) they just don't get as outraged about environmental issues as they used to. More and more, things just seem to be "the way things are", and people realize that the effort required to effect any sort of REAL change is so massive that it's not worth the time. They focus their efforts on raising good kids, and generally being happy with their lives. I think Jack is seeing this, having been to university (in Cali no less) and now raising a child of his own. And it's something lots of people go through, so that's why this song reaches so many people. Hopefully this has been an Obama-style centrist-democrat position on the issue and there will be no further debate as to the meaning of this song haha. Not likely though... |
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| Jack Johnson – Sleep Through the Static Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Oh man, that makes sense... Haha, thanks. Btw sol, maybe it's a melodica? Money Mark plays one with Jack live for "If I Could" on the weekend at the greek DVD. I'm not sure, but it sounds like it could be. |
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| Jack Johnson – Sleep Through the Static Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Oh man, that makes sense... Haha, thanks. Btw sol, maybe it's a melodica? Money Mark plays one with Jack live for "If I Could" on the weekend at the greek DVD. I'm not sure, but it sounds like it could be. |
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| Sarah Harmer – Escarpment Blues Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Check out her DVD that's entitled "Escarpment Blues." It is a documentary of a walking tour that she did along the Niagra Escarpment, from the tip of the Bruce Peninsula to Burlington, ON. Great message with some great tunes. | |
| Sarah Harmer – Coffee Stain Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I guess we're all just out on loan and everybody is only their own In the end, we're not defined by anything other than who we are. Rings of existentialism, a realization that we alone decide who we are, and beyond that anything else is false, a fabrication. |
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| Jack Johnson – Adrift Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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It sounds to me like a song about two people who've drifted apart. The singer first has to come to grips with the fact that he's no longer the other person's "one and only": "Your voice is adrift I can’t expect it to sing to me As if I was the only one" Somewhere around the middle of the song, he realizes that stuff like this happens, and that sometimes you have to just let things go, and move on. At the end of the song, it seems like he's accepted the situation, and is 'adrift' (moving on) but the other person still doesn't want to accept. So he says : "Your voice is your own, I can’t protect it You’ll have to sing A verse no one has ever known" Meaning that the other person also has to learn to go on, and live their life as their own. On another note, it seems like 'Go On' (the next song on the album) relates to this song as well, further emphasizing the fact that the two people will always have a history together but they have to become their own people. The whole album is somewhat like this, Jack even acknowledged it himself by calling the album as a whole a 'cinematic adventure'. |
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| Jack Johnson – Sleep Through the Static Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Does anyone have any insight on the line "Wearing wool sunglasses"? I've looked for any reference to what that might mean and I really have no idea. Thanks! |
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