| Līve – Where Fishes Go Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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All of you are underestimating Ed, (and this entire band's), song-writing ability/spirituality/understanding-of-the-human-condition. This song may be interpreted MANY different ways, and THAT is the brilliance of it. If you have been paying attention at all to the rest of this album, you would realize that these guys aren't RELIGIOUS, but SPIRITUAL. Any of you who are unable to get more than one meaning out of this song, or only a negative connotation from it, then go sit at the kids table while the rest of us adults have a mature discussion. Now, this song MAY be about creationism vs. evolution, like Crtty mentioned, but if you can get past your own biases and open your mind a little bit, you'll be able to push aside the sports mentality of "us vs. them" long enough to see a rather different interpretation of this song. What this song piratically SCREAMS out to me is the story of addiction. Now this gets complicated, as spirituality is intrinsically tied to the struggles of addiction, especially when one is brought up in the guilt-ridden dogma of modern organized religion. The meaning is quite obvious if you have ever questioned the meaning of life/god's plan/your purpose in the universe, or have experienced any sort of true diversity or soul searching, (call it what you want, but it's all the same struggle, and I believe Live understands this point - as illustrated by the song "Sparkle" - "the feelin' of being lived was so strong, the giver became the gift, all one"). So let's unpack this: The first verse, talking about how he found god and he was nothing like him, showed him up, and forced him back into the "sea". This is indicative of someone who has put their faith in god/positivity/forward-thinking-humanist-values/etc., and only received heartache in return. You don't have to be religious to understand this concept, ("I just can't win"). The verse talks about how, "I couldn't take it anymore so I went back to the sea." "The Sea" indicates a safe or familiar place that one would retreat to when they feel they have been abandoned, (especially by their faith or by god). The lines after the first verse, "where you goin' now? what's your plan?" represent the listlessness of disillusionment after someone loses their faith. The next verse is VERY telling, as it refers to familiarity and inclusion and THIRST. This is very indicative of alcohol addiction, especially with the line, "he said, I been, I been, I been, been in this water all my life, never took the time to breathe." This "water" has been all around him this whole time, this solution to his sorrow has been here the whole time. The complete opposite analysis of "god" from the first verse and how he "found" him and "he was absolutely just like me," as opposed to being "absolutely nothin' like me," is very telling of someone who is in the depths of alcohol addiction, and how he found god in altering his perception. The next verse sounds a lot like the conscience of this person realizing that they aren't doing right by themselves, questioning their actions and struggling with the guilt of doing the wrong thing, but feeling good about it at the same time. The line, "come on out into the light of love, don't spend another day, livin' in the sea," The last verse, as it repeats the previous verse, but with slightly different inflection, feels more like a lamentation of the person's inability and rationalization of not being able to drag themselves out of the "sea", (their addiction). It's dark, but hopeful, because they know that the "light of love", (positivity/faith/god/etc.), can replace their addiction, but they'll have to drag them selves out of that sea in order to get there. They're still not ready to change, but want to elevate themselves above their addiction and to "come on out into the light of love." This song is really only one part of a larger narrative of the entire album, and shouldn't be taken out of context. We all feel that the "The Distance" proscribed to us is unobtainable, and that the Quiet River is continually raging inside of us, because we are all children of the Sun, and we strive for love, and will do anything to feel it, even if it means our own self-destruction. |
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| Līve – Where Fishes Go Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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All of you are underestimating Ed, (and this entire band's), song-writing ability/spirituality/understanding-of-the-human-condition. This song may be interpreted MANY different ways, and THAT is the brilliance of it. If you have been paying attention at all to the rest of this album, you would realize that these guys aren't RELIGIOUS, but SPIRITUAL. Any of you who are unable to get more than one meaning out of this song, or only a negative connotation from it, then go sit at the kids table while the rest of us adults have a mature discussion. Now, this song MAY be about creationism vs. evolution, like Crtty mentioned, but if you can get past your own biases and open your mind a little bit, you'll be able to push aside the sports mentality of "us vs. them" long enough to see a rather different interpretation of this song. What this song piratically SCREAMS out to me is the story of addiction. Now this gets complicated, as spirituality is intrinsically tied to the struggles of addiction, especially when one is brought up in the guilt-ridden dogma of modern organized religion. The meaning is quite obvious if you have ever questioned the meaning of life/god's plan/your purpose in the universe, or have experienced any sort of true diversity or soul searching, (call it what you want, but it's all the same struggle, and I believe Live understands this point - as illustrated by the song "Sparkle" - "the feelin' of being lived was so strong, the giver became the gift, all one"). So let's unpack this: The first verse, talking about how he found god and he was nothing like him, showed him up, and forced him back into the "sea". This is indicative of someone who has put their faith in god/positivity/forward-thinking-humanist-values/etc., and only received heartache in return. You don't have to be religious to understand this concept, ("I just can't win"). The verse talks about how, "I couldn't take it anymore so I went back to the sea." "The Sea" indicates a safe or familiar place that one would retreat to when they feel they have been abandoned, (especially by their faith or by god). The lines after the first verse, "where you goin' now? what's your plan?" represent the listlessness of disillusionment after someone loses their faith. The next verse is VERY telling, as it refers to familiarity and inclusion and THIRST. This is very indicative of alcohol addiction, especially with the line, "he said, I been, I been, I been, been in this water all my life, never took the time to breathe." This "water" has been all around him this whole time, this solution to his sorrow has been here the whole time. The complete opposite analysis of "god" from the first verse and how he "found" him and "he was absolutely just like me," as opposed to being "absolutely nothin' like me," is very telling of someone who is in the depths of alcohol addiction, and how he found god in altering his perception. The next verse sounds a lot like the conscience of this person realizing that they aren't doing right by themselves, questioning their actions and struggling with the guilt of doing the wrong thing, but feeling good about it at the same time. The line, "come on out into the light of love, don't spend another day, livin' in the sea," The last verse, as it repeats the previous verse, but with slightly different inflection, feels more like a lamentation of the person's inability and rationalization of not being able to drag themselves out of the "sea", (their addiction). It's dark, but hopeful, because they know that the "light of love", (positivity/faith/god/etc.), can replace their addiction, but they'll have to drag them selves out of that sea in order to get there. They're still not ready to change, but want to elevate themselves above their addiction and to "come on out into the light of love." This song is really only one part of a larger narrative of the entire album, and shouldn't be taken out of context. We all feel that the "The Distance" proscribed to us is unobtainable, and that the Quiet River is continually raging inside of us, because we are all children of the Sun, and we strive for love, and will do anything to feel it, even if it means our own self-destruction. |
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