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There's Plenty of Girls in the Sea Lyrics
There’s plenty of girls in the sea
and plenty of seeds in a lemon
The trick is in trying to stay free
when it’s never that great to begin with
The surgeon performs precise little cuts
but he’s never perfect, he’s thinking too much
and it’s really no comfort to me,
There’s plenty of girls in the sea
There’s plenty of girls in the sea
and plenty of those are not women
As soon as you get yourself free,
then somebody stops you from swimming
The lifeguard admits, his whistle in hand,
that it isn’t the muscle, and it isn’t the tan,
no it’s whatever you want it to be,
There’s plenty of girls in the sea
Ah the passionate painter will say with a brush:
“It’s best to accept it and not make a fuss
just ‘cause the grass isn’t green”
Yeah, there’s plenty of girls in the sea
There’s plenty of girls in the sea
and plenty of clowns in the village
The trick is to try to be free
and tend to the void, don’t just fill it
The bartender concedes, from inside his vest
that none of the best ones were ever the best
So keep it short, simple and sweet
‘Cause there’s plenty of girls in the sea,
whenever you want there to be
and plenty of seeds in a lemon
The trick is in trying to stay free
when it’s never that great to begin with
The surgeon performs precise little cuts
but he’s never perfect, he’s thinking too much
and it’s really no comfort to me,
There’s plenty of girls in the sea
and plenty of those are not women
As soon as you get yourself free,
then somebody stops you from swimming
The lifeguard admits, his whistle in hand,
that it isn’t the muscle, and it isn’t the tan,
no it’s whatever you want it to be,
There’s plenty of girls in the sea
“It’s best to accept it and not make a fuss
just ‘cause the grass isn’t green”
Yeah, there’s plenty of girls in the sea
and plenty of clowns in the village
The trick is to try to be free
and tend to the void, don’t just fill it
The bartender concedes, from inside his vest
that none of the best ones were ever the best
So keep it short, simple and sweet
‘Cause there’s plenty of girls in the sea,
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"Girls" is a metaphor for your goals. What you want out of life. It's almost like advice for an artist. Each stanza teaches a little lesson. Surgeons are the one's who seem like they got it together, but never reach perfection. The lifeguard shows that it's not your looks or money or whatever that makes you, it's whatever you want it to be. The painter teaches about accepting mistakes you make and rolling with them and getting over it. And the bartender admits that you shouldn't try to be perfect. Just make it your message short, simple, and sweet. You'll always have another opportunity. Another rainbow. Just around the river bend.
It's pretty self explanatory but I explained it anyways.
Probably the catchiest song from the album. Pretty straightforward meaning.
It's about keeping an open mind, I'd say. The general mood agrees with this, but I think the most important line is "The trick is in trying to stay free".
Great lyrics, I think it can be interpreted on multiple levels. In my opinion the key line is "The trick is to try to be free/And tend to the void, don't just fill it." People have voids in their lives where they long for happiness, companionship, etc. and instead of digging down to the root of why they feel this way and fixing it, they try to fill these voids with (drugs, material things, girls/guys, etc.) so I think he's using the colloquialism of there's "Plenty of Girls in the Sea" to illustrate that point. He uses the lines about the surgeons not being perfect or the lifeguard not being about the muscle or tan to illustrate that typically the thing we use to temporarily fill those voids, still leave us feeling empty inside in the end, because we need to TEND to the void, not just FILL IT. When people experience heartbreak, people try to make them feel better (fill the void) by saying "well there's plenty of girls/guys in the sea" and so while this song could be about a relationship on the surface, I think it goes a bit beyond that.
I don't mean to dissect your comment because I get the point and you do have one. All humans tend to do this but it goes beyond materialism. Some people may or may not be aware of their deep rooted issues but every now and then, I think it's okay to do something to make ourselves feel a little better. Whether it be a new pair of kicks or whatever. Obviously these things don't cure us. We're not always trying to fill the void but heal it a little. No?
I don't mean to dissect your comment because I get the point and you do have one. All humans tend to do this but it goes beyond materialism. Some people may or may not be aware of their deep rooted issues but every now and then, I think it's okay to do something to make ourselves feel a little better. Whether it be a new pair of kicks or whatever. Obviously these things don't cure us. We're not always trying to fill the void but heal it a little. No?
I'm not judging materialism or anything else for that matter. I think all of these issue are part of the human condition, that I too am guilty of, and I didn't just say materialism, it could be many things. There's "plenty" of girls in the sea. Loneliness, Depression, Insecurities, you name it, and therefore "plenty" of things we can try to fill these voids, one of which is materialism, but it could be anything...not necessarily something tangible either, such as denial? This is just my interpretation of the lyrics. I think the beauty of this...
I'm not judging materialism or anything else for that matter. I think all of these issue are part of the human condition, that I too am guilty of, and I didn't just say materialism, it could be many things. There's "plenty" of girls in the sea. Loneliness, Depression, Insecurities, you name it, and therefore "plenty" of things we can try to fill these voids, one of which is materialism, but it could be anything...not necessarily something tangible either, such as denial? This is just my interpretation of the lyrics. I think the beauty of this song as with other great lyrics or poetry is they can be interpreted in many ways, this just happens to be mine.
One final clarification, yes I think a little bit of anything is okay, but not to the point of ignoring the root of your problems and therefore "filling the void and not tending to it." To your point if you want to "heal" the void...then sure, my opinion is that's okay, as long as it's not to the ignorance of the real issue...again just my opinion.
One final clarification, yes I think a little bit of anything is okay, but not to the point of ignoring the root of your problems and therefore "filling the void and not tending to it." To your point if you want to "heal" the void...then sure, my opinion is that's okay, as long as it's not to the ignorance of the real issue...again just my opinion.
this songs about an acid trip right? ahuehuehuehue