This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
Really don't mind if you sit this one out
My words but a whisper your deafness a shout
I may make you feel but I can't make you think
Your sperm's in the gutter, your love's in the sink
So you ride yourselves over the fields and
You make all your animal deals and
Your wise men don't know how it feels
To be thick as a brick
And the sand-castle virtues are all swept away in
The tidal destruction, the moral melee
The elastic retreat rings the close of play
As the last wave uncovers the newfangled way
But your new shoes are worn at the heels and
Your suntan does rapidly peel and
Your wise men don't know how it feels
To be thick as a brick
And the love that I feel, is so far away
I'm a bad dream that I just had today and you
Shake your head and
Say it's a shame
Spin me back down the years
And the days of my youth
Draw the lace and black curtains
And shut out the whole truth
Spin me down the long ages, let them sing the song
My words but a whisper your deafness a shout
I may make you feel but I can't make you think
Your sperm's in the gutter, your love's in the sink
So you ride yourselves over the fields and
You make all your animal deals and
Your wise men don't know how it feels
To be thick as a brick
And the sand-castle virtues are all swept away in
The tidal destruction, the moral melee
The elastic retreat rings the close of play
As the last wave uncovers the newfangled way
But your new shoes are worn at the heels and
Your suntan does rapidly peel and
Your wise men don't know how it feels
To be thick as a brick
And the love that I feel, is so far away
I'm a bad dream that I just had today and you
Shake your head and
Say it's a shame
Spin me back down the years
And the days of my youth
Draw the lace and black curtains
And shut out the whole truth
Spin me down the long ages, let them sing the song
Lyrics submitted by azkm, edited by NorCal, GreenBananas
Thick as a Brick Lyrics as written by Ian Anderson
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From what I've read, Anderson wrote Thick as a Brick as a mock concept album in retaliation to all the critics who referred to Aqualung as a concept album. Apparently, he did too good a job as most people don't realize the joke.
As for the lyrics, they're mostly nonsensical padding around the basic concept that we should seek knowledge for ourselves rather than rely on appointed "wise men." After all, these intellectuals can't know everything since they don't know what it's like to be stupid. ("And your wise men don't know how it feels to be thick as a brick.")
Can't deny it. Its public record. That being said.... well..... This website is full of proclamations of meaning being in the ear of the listener. And that prose can have multiple interpretations. True dat. Nuff said.<br /> <br /> Now, did he put "nonsensical padding" in the forefront of the point and purpose of this work? Heh. Methinks NOT!<br /> <br /> So, I must someday set aside time for what it means and how deeply it has influenced me.<br /> <br /> This was not the first "popular" or "contemporary" rock that I heard when I was young. I can pretty much figure "Hey Jude" and "Revolution" were my introduction to rock (back to back on a 45 RPM single!!!). <br /> <br /> But "Thick as a Brick", with its cool newspaper-like cover and full lyrics printed there, was mind-blowing.<br /> <br /> Call it a joke, sniping at critics, or whatever. But if you think thats all it is, then I think you have missed out. <br /> <br /> I love the irony of a concept album making fun of people who called his previous work a concept album. I love the album more, though.