| Imagine Dragons – Tiptoe Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Thanks for your words. It really got me thinking. Lots of strands of meaning. I'd like to add another take:"In the morning light, let my roots take flight / watch me from above, like a vicious dove." First off, it sounds like he is WILLING himself into the sky. I will FLY based on MY roots (what's deeply important to me). The word "let" is key because he is willing himself as opposed to being "willed" by others' views or external incentives, fads, popularity, etc. "Watch me from above" may mean people will see you and they'll notice something different even contradictory. You are vicious/successful, etc. but you're at peace. "They don't see me come--who can blame them?" Those who are extrinsically motivated (from those who believe people are inherently selfish to those who are driven by fads and popularity) don't think such things are possible so they can't fathom someone acting on my motives achieving peace and tearing it up (being successful) simultaneously. "They never seem to catch my eye, but I never wondered why"--what such people accomplish never seemed important to me (driven for money, popularity, other incentives) because I'm not extrinsically driven. "I won't fall asleep" and "tiptoe higher" go hand in hand to me. I'm not going to stop CLIMBING HIGHER based on what's deeply important to me. I'm going to keep at what really means the most to me and I'm going to take care to do it in a way that's not brazen or pretentious: "Simmer down, keep your head down low." If we look up and around us (let others catch our eye in a bad sense), we might start having a "slanted view like they do." The words "I won't" in "I won't fall asleep" are also almost like an internal commitment (and importantly part of the chorus). It's like we have to keep reminding ourselves to not get lax and to keep climbing. Keeping your head down low could mean being sneaky, it could also mean being humble, which could would have lot s of appropriate meanings: 1) keeps us from caring about what others are usually extrinsically motivated by, 2) from caring about what others think of us, 3) from getting distracted or 4) being brazen about what we are doing. Bottom line: in the midst of our success, we can't let it get to our heads; rather, we need to keep climbing inconspicuously--keep advancing what's important without caring about getting accolades for it. "Nobody else can take me higher": My perception of others' feelings towards me ain't going to lift me up. I've got to look deep inside and humbly, continually be committed to advancing what matters most. ---- ...Just an added strand. |
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| Imagine Dragons – Tiptoe Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Thanks for your words. It really got me thinking. Here's another take: "In the morning light, let my roots take flight" --more on this later "watch me from above, like a vicious dove" First off, it sounds like he is WILLING himself into the sky. I want to RUN based on what MY roots (what's deeply important to me). There's irony throughout the song in that we don't take doves to be vicious, we don't expect people who keep their heads down low (aren't proud and boisterous) to be tearing it up and successful. |
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