| Supertramp – Downstream Lyrics | 1 year ago |
| Can't deny the beauty of this song and how it fits the idea of a human relationship. But here's another thought: This song follows Even In The Quietest Moments on the album, which, to me, is about a crisis of faith. As I hear it, Downstream can be taken as a reprise to EITQM, where the writer made peace with his faith and is singing about the breakthrough he had during a solitude boat ride. The thing that stands out is he says twice "when I took a boat Sunday" -- not "we took." But at the same time, he talks about the time he spent on that ride with a companion -- did he finally go through the door that's always open from EITQM? All the lyrics from downstream fit this theme. Who knows if this was the intent, but it's another way of looking at the song. | |
| Supertramp – Even In The Quietest Moments Lyrics | 1 year ago |
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Since no one else has mentioned it, the intro is a musical sunrise, beginning with the pre-dawn chirping of the birds to the sun rays finally breaking over the horizon when the synth note hits just before the vocals kick in. Breathtaking. As for the meaning, I have to lean towards the "crisis of faith" theme. Lots of strong hints in lines like "I wish I knew what I had to do," "...a shadow of doubt that's not letting me find you...," and "Though your door is always open, where do I begin? May I please come in...?" And the multiple references to "Lord" and "God [won't you come and get into my life]" are pretty direct. I do agree that it's unusual to reference God as "dear," but it is common for people to say things like "Dear Lord," so it could still fit. That being said, it's hard to ignore the strong tie between the deity and nature itself - from the musical sunrise itself to lines like "the wonder of feeling I'm nature's own little boy" and all the references to nature itself (sun, rain, stars, ocean). For me personally, I used to go way up in the mountains of Tennessee and play this song while the wind blew the autumn leaves to the ground. Every time I hear it, I'm back on that mountain, feeling that breeze. |
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