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Altered States Lyrics
Living in a cage
Washing in a birdbath
Sinking in a fish bowl
On a broken farm
I try to never lie
I really do
I wonder if my friends
Will get me through
Conscious of the way as best we can
17 ways to kill a man
States we've been through
Killing nostalgia
For future swims
Trash all your bridges
Kill the rock and roll thing
I want to move on
With no complaints
Building our walls with yesterday
Might as well shine before you slide
Might as well you live before you die
States we've been through
Talk about states we've been through
Talk about states, states
Talking about
A whole lot of emptiness
Living in a state of constant changing
A river of flux for our tasting
I try to never lie, I really do
I wonder if my friends will get me through
It always seems to rain when you leave
I try to stem the flow as we bleed
States we've been through
Talk about states, states
Talk about states, states
Washing in a birdbath
Sinking in a fish bowl
On a broken farm
I try to never lie
I really do
I wonder if my friends
Will get me through
Conscious of the way as best we can
17 ways to kill a man
States we've been through
For future swims
Trash all your bridges
Kill the rock and roll thing
I want to move on
With no complaints
Building our walls with yesterday
Might as well shine before you slide
Might as well you live before you die
States we've been through
Talk about states we've been through
Talk about states, states
Talking about
A river of flux for our tasting
I try to never lie, I really do
I wonder if my friends will get me through
It always seems to rain when you leave
I try to stem the flow as we bleed
Talk about states, states
Talk about states, states
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Dude this is a cool song. Its more of just a simple rock song compared to most bush songs but nevertheless its still good. Its just one of those indecipherable bush songs that regardless of thier hidden meaning, can still rock. Mabye talking about different emotons that we go though or have been though you know. just different feelings that we have in life put in one song. Just a song that makes you wanna go "yeah"
YEAH! Haha, im just kidding. I like this song. Its wicked.
i think this song is about a long car ride
"one of those indecipherable bush songs that regardless of thier hidden meaning, can still rock."
I love that i'm not the only one. x
I think "altered states" is a complex worplay, of sorts. When you hear that phrase, you think of a hallucinatory experience. But aside from a mindset, what else does the word "state" mean? It can mean the condition of anything. Or it can mean actual states, as in places.
So this song makes me think of someone driving around to places they went to in their childhood/youth, and seeing how nothing there is the same. Thus, the state of things in the states they've visited has been altered. :P And seeing that sort of thing gives you that unreal feeling that feels like you're in an altered state.
It's a good song .I found the movie than was cut into my memory from time when i was kid and i watch it recently again.I was blown away .Movie has same title as the song and it's from 1980 .It has to do something with Bush ,their songs come from the same lore .Also books of Carlos Castaneda seam to be inspiration for Bush songs .
It's a good song .I found the movie than was cut into my memory from time when i was kid and i watch it recently again.I was blown away .Movie has same title as the song and it's from 1980 .It has to do something with Bush ,their songs come from the same lore .Also books of Carlos Castaneda seam to be inspiration for Bush songs .
I like the dog "bark" sample on the last verse.lol