| Bright Eyes – Shell Games Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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This makes total sense. Realizing that everyone has to push the boulder (a symbol of how seemingly absurd and meaningless life can be) up the hill makes that boulder a symbol of how everyone is connected. Pushing it alone is the only thing that makes it truely pointless. Maybe his allusions to his past works represent his inability to realize this before? |
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| Bright Eyes – Shell Games Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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In the lines "For the everyman, blessed Sisyphus Slipping steadily into madness" Conor name-drops 'The Myth of Sisyphus', an essay by Albert Camus. According to Wikipedia, in the essay, Camus introduces his philosophy of the absurd: man's futile search for meaning, unity and clarity in the face of an unintelligible world devoid of God and eternal truths or values. I think, based on the observations Conor has revealed in his lyrics throughout the years and albums, this pretty much sums up Conor's outlook on politics, religion, and meaning in general. It's just funny he's at the point in his life where he can condense his entire search to that single image of a guy pushing a rock up a hill forever. |
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