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Fishing Lyrics
Inspirtation,
Oh, she barely waits a moment
Elevator doors open
Hear her footsteps touch the stairs
Words walk by
Describing definition
Stop and talk about it
Narcissus
Is just too easy to see
We're always looking
When we see fishes
When we go fishin'
Thoughts meander
Risin' all around us
Rise and fall and rise again
Oh, we stop and talk about it
Strong beliefs
Like ideas come to life
Turn atoms into rain and stone
Sands and tall trees
Worlds passed by
Defyin' description
Stop and talk about it
Talk about it
And Maia, she dances
She dissolves into the light
Illusions of light
Oh Maia, she dances
Deep romance and poetry
Songs and movies
Virtue for la de da
She dances in the light
Dance in the light
Maia, she dances
Oh Maia, she dances
Oh, she barely waits a moment
Elevator doors open
Hear her footsteps touch the stairs
Describing definition
Stop and talk about it
Is just too easy to see
We're always looking
When we see fishes
When we go fishin'
Risin' all around us
Rise and fall and rise again
Oh, we stop and talk about it
Like ideas come to life
Turn atoms into rain and stone
Sands and tall trees
Defyin' description
Stop and talk about it
Talk about it
She dissolves into the light
Illusions of light
Oh Maia, she dances
Songs and movies
Virtue for la de da
She dances in the light
Dance in the light
Oh Maia, she dances
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I heard once from someone that the original meaning was about trout fishing and "how she dances "is how the trout is dancing on the line out of the water- One of the best things about panic songs is the lyrics (even those with straight forward lyrics) seems to leave the listener with just enough to be able to gather their own thoughts and meanings to the songs.
I think of a man who is in love with a woman and is mesmerized by how she dances in and out of situations in her life and he embraces & loves everything about her.- Sweet song, I love to hear when I am driving.
I think this song could have a double meaning. First, on the surface, a spring fishing trip, but since he's talking about inspiration and thoughts and words, I think it's deeper. He's fishing for ideas and inspiration which he can work into his reality: "Strong beliefs/Like ideas come to life/Turn atoms into rain and stone/Sands and tall trees."
Narcissis was the god who was so self absorbed he sat looking at his reflection all the time, like most of us sit absorbed in our thoughts. The writer here is saying to look beyond that, to stop and think and talk about it, to reach for real inspiration. Maia, the goddess of spring (the month of May is named after her), represents a new beginning, a rebirth and a growing. Maia is here used to represent inspiration and this higher plane, dancing in illusion and light.
Interestingly, in Eastern religions like Hinduism, the world is seen as an illusion, called Maya. There might be a connection. Getting beyond the illusion to see the reality. Dance with Maia and dissolve with her into the light of illusion, that is to say, the light that shows the illusion for what it is. That's my take on it. Pretty deep but with his mythological references, it seems to be speaking of deeper things.
this is a good song. i'm not really sure of the meaning...i like to look at it as an optimistic view on life. the lyrics are amazing.
The lyrics are all wrong at the end. :-/
“Deep romance and poetry Songs of ruin Gurdjieff and Adi Da She dances in the light Dance in the light
Maia, she dances Oh Maia, she dances”
Why did they stop playing this!!!!???
The songwriter wrote a song about…writing. It’s about where inspiration to write comes from.( we’re always looking. When we see fishes…we go fishing) How when an idea pops in your head( worlds pass by, defying description), to allow the thought to run its course in your imagination (stop and talk about it) Writers minds understand