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You did the best that you could do.
You were a great crew,
who tried to nurture and preserve your
faith in you.
And with the bureau chiefs
and the shrugging spies
You could stay, but why?
You see a light and then another
and everything you fought for
naught's uncovered.
You're not a fighter, you're a lover.
You got no business in here, brother
so... stay.
Stay.
Is it the worst that you could do?
You were a great you,
who tried to nurture and preserve your
faith in you
and with the bureau chiefs
and the shrugging spies
You could stay and why?
Cause you see a light and then another.
Everything you thought you
sought's uncovered.
You're a fighter and a lover
and there's no one up above her
so... stay.
Stay.
All things being balanced,
it's balanced and called balancing
somewhere beyond everything it's being
balanced not for the
sake of balance but balancing between
the throes of learning
and the entire thing
entirely
balancing.
You were a great crew,
who tried to nurture and preserve your
faith in you.
And with the bureau chiefs
and the shrugging spies
You could stay, but why?
and everything you fought for
naught's uncovered.
You're not a fighter, you're a lover.
You got no business in here, brother
so... stay.
Stay.
You were a great you,
who tried to nurture and preserve your
faith in you
and with the bureau chiefs
and the shrugging spies
You could stay and why?
Cause you see a light and then another.
Everything you thought you
sought's uncovered.
You're a fighter and a lover
and there's no one up above her
so... stay.
Stay.
it's balanced and called balancing
somewhere beyond everything it's being
balanced not for the
sake of balance but balancing between
the throes of learning
and the entire thing
entirely
balancing.
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Submitted by
black_cow_of_death On Jan 26, 2002
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This song means to me well just life, What is the point when you look "outside the box"? You live life for the experience but what is there to gain when it comes to the end? Thinking beyond that we are to gain purpose, but the purpose is to search. "somewhere beyond everything it's being balanced not for the sake of balance but balancing between the throes of learning and the entire thing entirely balancing." To me that just means that beyond life you're doubts will be recognised and justified =]
peace out =] (i'm not religious btw XD i'm just a tired agnostic LOL)
"You were a great You." - a top ten GD Line
Another Too Deep for us common folk, not even the wise can crack the mind of Gord Downie most days
Well a lot of what I'm about to say is really ridiculously obvious, but that's ok I just wanted other opinions.... At first, he's saying "fuck this relationship, I don't need her" But with time, he finds that he really misses her.
As for all this balancing business- I think it relates to how in every relationship, you keep thinking that you can find the perfect one, and your life will just be so great after you've found her. But every relationship takes work, even the strongest and happiest couples still get in arguments and have problems, they just find ways to balance it themselves. Yea, I love this song though. AND I'm American. Wanted that out there. Love Canada, it's kinda cold, but I still love it. ANd the Hip. Anyone wanna talk on AIM my sn is MADSCOOTERFOO.
Peace, love and God's blessings
This song has so many interlaced meaings to me that i can't even put it into words without going on for an hour. I've never figured it out and never loved the song more than when i try.
One theory is this song is about Fox Mulder from the X-Files. Lines like, "there's no one up above us" and "with the bureau chiefs and the shrugging spies". On the X-Files series, Mulder is often working against the establishment, as is the sentiment in this song ("You've got no busines in here brother"). Mulder is obsessed with UFO's so lines like "you see a light and then another" could be references to UFO's.
I can't decide- can some please tell me- is ysalvatore serious?
I think ysalvatore is serious. Love the blanace thing.