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| 311 – Life's Not A Race Lyrics
| 6 years ago
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@[Snipe:32684] pretty spot on. See my above replies for some add ins to this. I think the opportunity Nick is speaking of, is the chance to spread the word about Life Eternal, and he is using music as the hook to project Hope, and that bubbling spring of energy that can be found when Hope abounds.
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| 311 – Life's Not A Race Lyrics
| 6 years ago
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@[Snipe:32683] pretty spot on. See my above replies for some add ins to this. I think the opportunity Nick is speaking of, is the chance to spread the word about Life Eternal, and he is using music as the hook to project Hope, and that bubbling spring of energy that can be found when Hope abounds.
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| 311 – Life's Not A Race Lyrics
| 6 years ago
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@[jpa23245:32682] haha this is rad. So the shape of things in a different non-spiral galaxy could be all together different. Cool. I am pretty sure we have a black hole at the center of ours, and its just going down the drain if you will, being ejected as a big bang "somewhere else"
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| 311 – Life's Not A Race Lyrics
| 6 years ago
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@[jpa23245:32681] I think the beauty of 311 lyrics, is that they for sure were written in such a way as to become a living thing, that can grow with you, and can change with you. Well, for sure as in that is what i believe. I like your interpretations, and I too have always thought it was about reincarnation, but I will add that I always thought the "narrator" (yes, SA lyrics, but maybe not written from "his" perspective) was in fear of his own demise at some point, and not even able to fully admit that ALL of him will fade away, not just "part". It even says that very "part" that you are afraid will fade away, is already back anyway, as time doesn't exist, and is digging that you miss "it", and it in fact is alive and well and trying to reach out so that you know... hence I feel like the solo embodies that yearing for it to communicate back. Just as much as "we" want to know truth, truth wants us to know we have it already. Then there is the section saying you don't need to mysticyze the cycle of birth, death, rebirth- don't try to personify it with deities and religions, then maybe you will miss the whole point of life and actually worship a concept of what you yourself literally ARE. The last verse is reassuring the seeker that all is well, they will be back to have this convo and thought again and again. Haha long time for a trippy reply, but hope you dig it.
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| 311 – Life's Not A Race Lyrics
| 6 years ago
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@[Deathwaffle:32680] I think the chorus is about the concept of "energy never being created or destroyed" . The fear of death is touched on, "can't believe that part of me will fade"... "In a future world, long ago" touches on the fact that time is merely a human construct, everything is actually quite cyclical. That same "part" that you are worrying about fading, is already catching your vibe "Part feels for your live, and lives to tell you so" and its literally trying to comfort your fear, because it is "already" reborn. The last verse kind of attempts to give hope, telling you not to worry, you will return, and you already have, and are, and will. Haha 15 years later you get a trippy response. You are spot on with the Santana influence. In fact, I played this song for my uncle when the album came out, and although he really wasn't paying attention, as I was playing the whole album on the way to an amusement park, and he was distracted anyway, when the solo came on, he said "whoah who is this Carlos Santana wanna be" lol. It was a compliment really.
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