Dolphins Were Monkeys

In this song Brown undermines his former creationist stance, as displayed in 'I am the Resurrection' and 'Breaking into Heaven', and instead subscibes to the Darwinian theory of evolution. Dolphins and monkeys coming from the same original gene pool, the former showing disdain for dry land. Or maybe there's no real meaning and it just sounds cool.

i love this song. it was my intro to ian bc i didnt even really know the Stone Roses. im not sure wat he's going on about(im poetically illiterate), but once i think about it i'll come back.

It is about an old myth, that dolphins were monkeys that didn't like the land and went into the sea, it is kind of ironic, that evolution states that we drove from the sea, this song tho points to the reverse, where monkeys who didn;'t like the land, went back to the sea and are now dolphins. I personally don't think there is any truth to this old myth, and whether it was greek myth i am not sure. The rest of the song tho,is open to interpration, parts like,' I need the resistance held by ur astrological sign' has me confused, whose sign? what sign?

I agree with Random Boy about the creationist aspects of the song - "nobody there, no one can judge you" = statements referring to god or the lack thereof. There has been some speculation that humans evolved from some type of sea creature - nostrils on the underside of the nose, blubber, etc. (check out the aquatic ape theory). But anyway, I think it is about evolution, and yeah it does sound cool.