| Death Cab for Cutie – Doors Unlocked and Open Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Mile markers, counting down. Yes, signs or markers with distances on them "L.A 250" |
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| Death Cab for Cutie – Doors Unlocked and Open Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Something else worth noting is this "Streaking colors, blurred to one Always moving, blinding sun Blinding sun" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_misconceptions_about_illegal_drugs#Sungazing_while_tripping |
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| Death Cab for Cutie – Doors Unlocked and Open Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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It took me a while to work out what this song was about but then it clicked. See how all of the other theories have things wrong about the at some point? The song is brief look at drugs like mescaline and LSD but referenced in a very hard way to Aldous Huxley and his book, The Doors of Perception-1954 ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Doors_of_Perception ). The first obvios reference to the drug is when he says "Streaking colors, blurred to one Always moving, blinding sun Blinding sun" This is a direct reference to Huxley when he writes about his experience in mescaline "A little later there were sumptuous red surfaces swelling and expanding from bright nodes of color that vibrated with a continuously changing, patterned life."-Huxley, 1954 "Seasons turning, dying grass California, gilded crowns Mile markers, counting down" Huxley lived in california and when he did mescaline for the first time it was Fall. "Somewhere down, down Down in the ocean of sound, sound We'll live in slow-motion And be free With doors unlocked and open Doors unlocked and open" Huxley talks about how mescaline opens the door of perception and you perceive things in a different way, whether is be visual or audible, although his was visual i feel it fitting that Ben has talked about the experience being musical i would say" "I listened with pleasure, but experienced nothing comparable to my seen apocalypses of flowers or flannel! Would a naturally gifted musician hear the revelations which, for me, had been exclusively visual?" Just thought you guys should know as these are two of my favourite people, Gibbard and Huxley, so its awesome to hear this! |
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