Mike's Song Lyrics
These friends of mine, I can see right through
You don't gotta tell me I don't gotta move
'Cuz I'm sittin' back here sharin' in the groove
No I'm no nice guy (Me no are no nice guy)
No I'm no nice guy (Me no are no nice guy)
I chase the backbeat from behind
Big dude in the doorway was blockin' my way
He reached to grab me and this is what he said
No I'm no nice guy (Me no are no nice guy)
No I'm no nice guy (Me no are no nice guy)
My only friend, the end
Indians lying on dawn's highway bleeding
Ghosts in the young child's fragile ... mind
Aahhhhhhhh!
Careful with that axe, Eugene
Mother
Careful with that axe, Eugene
Aahhhhhhhh!!!!!
its something about a minotaur and that whole greek myth
Awesome song.
what did they lose there train of mind at the end and just start taking lyrics from pink floyd's "careful with that axe eugene" or whats up? I am in no way saying that phish are incable of coming up with original lyrics or anything because they are brilliant songwriters or Anatascio is. great song btw
or actually it could of just been an ode to the legendary band Pink Floyd
i think it is an ode to dark side of the moon or tripping in general... "trapped in time, and i dont know what to do" is a feeling most people encounter on their journeys. "these friends of mine, i see right through" is also another feeling you get when you are on a vision quest around others. you seem to see them for what they are, not just their positive traits. to chill out when you're tripping you also try to "share in the groove" that is humanity. i could be wrong, but we all see different meanings in songs. this is just my opinion. the whole reference to peace frogs and be careful with that axe eugene also make me think its an ode to tripping because we all know that the doors and pink floyd were both bands who took their fair amounts of trips. peace and light..dalt
I couldn't have said it better brah. If you look at my profile and my journals I have extensive entries about acid and music.
I couldn't have said it better brah. If you look at my profile and my journals I have extensive entries about acid and music.
Ok so I live in a commune and I told all the brahs I need to figure out what this song means. Because we have the Phish book. We have to read it as kids and take a test.
Ok so I live in a commune and I told all the brahs I need to figure out what this song means. Because we have the Phish book. We have to read it as kids and take a test.
All the brahs were very supportive of this quest they played different Mike's Song and I walked amongst them gliding on the wings of LSD and this is what I figured out
All the brahs were very supportive of this quest they played different Mike's Song and I walked amongst them gliding on the wings of LSD and this is what I figured out
Mike is a chill dude...
Mike is a chill dude man. Like really chill. He likes to chill.
Trey spread unheady vibes of ambition and forced Mike to write a song.
Being the chill, respectable dude that he is Mike too acid and went in the woods.
Ok so Mike is a chill dude but he's a little clumsy, let's be honesty he rides one of those modern go ped things. So Mike was walking in the woods and a root tripped him.
Like I said chill dude totally cool on acid, well he fell and the fell lasted for hours. From the moment his foot touched the root and he began to fell it was hours of self questioning. That's where the line trapped in time is from.
When he hit the ground he hit revalation like Buddaha man like he suffered for minutes but it was really eons and then he hit the ground it was Nirvana.
That's what this song is about brah.
I just love that opening lick of the song....nothing beats it.
That last verse isn't Phish (it's a dandy mix of the Doors' Peace Frog and The End as well as the aformentioned Floyd ditty). The actual lyrics are said to be about the mythical Greek hero Theseus and his exploits in the labryinth. Cruise over to www.phish.net for the full explination. One of Mike's best if not the best of his tunes. The whole groove is just amazing. So much energy.
The last part of the lyrics written above is from the 3/1/97 concert, parts of which were released here as "Slip, Stitch and Pass". That particular Mike's Song had teases of The Doors' Peace Frog and The End, as well as Pink Floyd's "Careful with that Axe, Eugene". It's not actually a part of the song. The last bit of lyrics to the song are the final "Me no are no nice guy".
Great song, amazing groove, nonetheless.