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Not been here since I was a boy
The sky unwrapped, the world my toy
A movie reel a million miles long
On and on...
Scence after scene passes by my life
The windows's a wound. The road is a knife
The irony, ask me, 'where have you been?'
I don't know, I don't know
Because I don't know where to begin
Too much to do, too much to see
Pictures to take, people to meet
When there's so much space in between
It overwhelms me
Scene after scene passes by my life
The window's a wound and the road is a knife
The irony, ask me, 'where have you been?'
I don't know, I don't know
Because I don't know where to begin
Not been here since I was a boy
Now a heart full of fear and a mask of painted joy
So much for these youthful eyes to see
So much for peace and tranquility
One Prairie Outpost, you are how I feel:
Alone in a flatland 'tween the dream and the real
The irony, ask me, 'where have you been?'
I don't know, I don't know
Because I don't know where to begin
I don't know where to begin
The sky unwrapped, the world my toy
A movie reel a million miles long
On and on...
The windows's a wound. The road is a knife
The irony, ask me, 'where have you been?'
I don't know, I don't know
Because I don't know where to begin
Pictures to take, people to meet
When there's so much space in between
It overwhelms me
The window's a wound and the road is a knife
The irony, ask me, 'where have you been?'
I don't know, I don't know
Because I don't know where to begin
Now a heart full of fear and a mask of painted joy
So much for these youthful eyes to see
So much for peace and tranquility
Alone in a flatland 'tween the dream and the real
The irony, ask me, 'where have you been?'
I don't know, I don't know
Because I don't know where to begin
I don't know where to begin
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Submitted by
dalren On Nov 17, 2004
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What a nice, bittersweet song. I think it's him reflecting on his life, the travelling lifestyle. He seems to enjoy the rush, but also miss the tranquility of normal life.
Tranquility that never tends to exist in real life anyway, but hey.
it may mean something about going home after a long trip but like the other guy , travelling
i think it might mean where the band is (carbon leaf) and where they are trying to go. its a great metaphor if you think of it like this. a small prairie outpost "alone in a flatland between the dream and the real."
For me, it reminds me of moving across country as a kid, and now as an adult, finding myself in a place that I haven't been since I was a child, as I travel the same roads I did when I was young. If someone asks me "where have I been.", I would probably answer just as this song goes: I don't know because I don't know where to begin.
This is my utmost favorite Carbon Leaf song for personal reason. But beyond that, I see this as a story told from the eyes of an old man. "The irony asks me, where have you been? I don't know, I don't know, because I don't know where to begin." He's been everywhere in his life, that it seems the innocense of his childhood has escaped him. Perhaps he's not actually visiting his childhood home, but reflecting on the "realm" of his childhood long lost; meditating on what he hasn't even though of in so many years. "So much for peace and tranquility." He feels growing up has hardened his soul from that innocence of the world that was in his childhood eyes.
I can't really figure out why the window's a wound and the road is a knife. Is it because the road (all the traveling he has done) has taken away his peace and tranquility? The window is a wound caused by the road/traveling...hmm. So I guess he no longer thinks of the world a toy but too much of something too good to see. He must heal the wound by staying in one place for a while? It's my best guess.
@singlebarrel94 The window's a wound because when he looks out the window to the place that brings back so many memories of innocence and hope, it hurts like an open wound. The road is the knife that opened that wound.
@singlebarrel94 The window's a wound because when he looks out the window to the place that brings back so many memories of innocence and hope, it hurts like an open wound. The road is the knife that opened that wound.
A few years ago I was on a train going from Chicago to Denver- and this song was playing in my head the whole time--"alone in a flatland 'tween the dream and the real."