| Foster the People – A Beginner's Guide to Destroying the Moon Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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I think this song is about losing someone to addiction, which is a plague on the younger generation. Losing friends to addiction has unfortunately been a recurring issue in Mark Foster's life, and I think this darkness permeates much of this album. The first stanza talks about how difficult it is to deal with an addict without judgement, while at the same time the desperate need to cut through the BS that addicts tell themselves and those around them. The refrain talks about seeing "the bottom fall out". It's not clear if this is just a recurring relapse, or if this an overdose. He talks about asking yourself questions, and begs the addict to just reach out for help. In the next stanza he offeres to help, to listen to anything at all the addict wants to talk about. He bemoans that our leaders have completely let us down on this, they are more interested in playing power games than actually helping. And with so many dead, no prophet steps forward. All those dead of overdose and it doesn't make any difference. The refrain again, and the admonition that "you'll never be whole until you lose control". This seems to fold right into the "12 Steps" pf AA or NA, that you won't get better until you admit you have no control and you give yourself over to a higher power. Just my take. Mark Foster noodles around quite a bit with his lyrics, so it's never possible to be completely sure about the lyrics. |
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| Toad the Wet Sprocket – Walk On The Ocean Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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This song is subtle meditation on the ugliness and impermanence of our daily lives versus the search for Eternity, Heaven and a higher meaning. This is within the framework of a reminiscence about a vacation at the ocean. we spotted the ocean at the head of the trail where are we going, so far away and somebody told me that this is the place where everything's better, everything's safe Is the Ocean Heaven? Is it Nirvana? "Where are we going, so far away?" And is our destination what we've been taught it will be? "Everything's better, everything's safe" would be a tall order for a real seashore excursion. This is the first indication that they're slyly talking about something more. walk on the ocean step on the stones flesh becomes water wood becomes bone The refrain speaks of the cycle of physical decay and renewal; all of our atoms become the sea, the air and the earth, and then those atoms will eventually become living things again in another form. and half an hour later we packed up our things we said we'd send letters and all those little things and they knew we were lying but they smiled just the same it seemed they'd already forgotten we'd came There are various ways to achieve an enlightened state, to achieve the barest glimpse of the Eternal, but sadly, we cannot maintain that state. now we're back at the homestead where the air makes you choke and people don't know you and trust is a joke we don't even have pictures just memories to hold that grow sweeter each season as we slowly grow old In the final stanza we are back at our daily grind, where it is nearly impossible to see or think of "The Ocean." But the memory of that state becomes more important as we grow older, and as we grow towards a final state of grace. The older we get, the closer to the ocean of Eternity we travel. |
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| Toad the Wet Sprocket – Walk On The Ocean Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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This song is subtle meditation on the ugliness and impermanence of our daily lives versus the search for Eternity, Heaven and a higher meaning. This is within the framework of a reminiscence about a vacation at the ocean. we spotted the ocean at the head of the trail where are we going, so far away and somebody told me that this is the place where everything's better, everything's safe Is the Ocean Heaven? Is it Nirvana? "Where are we going, so far away?" And is our destination what we've been taught it will be? "Everything's better, everything's safe" would be a tall order for a real seashore excursion. This is the first indication that they're slyly talking about something more. walk on the ocean step on the stones flesh becomes water wood becomes bone The refrain speaks of the cycle of physical decay and renewal; all of our atoms become the sea, the air and the earth, and then those atoms will eventually become living things again in another form. and half an hour later we packed up our things we said we'd send letters and all those little things and they knew we were lying but they smiled just the same it seemed they'd already forgotten we'd came There are various ways to achieve an enlightened state, to achieve the barest glimpse of the Eternal, but sadly, we cannot maintain that state. now we're back at the homestead where the air makes you choke and people don't know you and trust is a joke we don't even have pictures just memories to hold that grow sweeter each season as we slowly grow old In the final stanza we are back at our daily grind, where it is nearly impossible to see or think of "The Ocean." But the memory of that state becomes more important as we grow older, and as we grow towards a final state of grace. The older we get, the closer to the ocean of Eternity we travel. |
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