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Amber Cascades Lyrics
Amber cascades all over today
Then we walk on a crooked catwalk
Only to be delayed
Bubbles of blue burst into two
Eaten up by the incoming tide
Of the new
Then we call to the man who walks on the water
We talk of a plan to stop all the slaughter in view
It's in view
Granite charades are played in the rain
Till we fall through a sand castle window
To avoid the pain
Summer canoe paddles up to you
'Cause it's time for another beer run
Or something that's equally true
Then we call to the man who walks on the water
We talk of a plan to stop all the slaughter in view
Then we call to the man who walks on the water
We talk of a plan to stop all the slaughter in view
It's in view
Then we walk on a crooked catwalk
Only to be delayed
Bubbles of blue burst into two
Eaten up by the incoming tide
Of the new
We talk of a plan to stop all the slaughter in view
It's in view
Till we fall through a sand castle window
To avoid the pain
Summer canoe paddles up to you
'Cause it's time for another beer run
Or something that's equally true
We talk of a plan to stop all the slaughter in view
We talk of a plan to stop all the slaughter in view
It's in view
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well the man who walks on the water isobviously jesus...
but i dont really understand the verses
@fiascodagama Written during the height of the Jesus-movement years, it was a time when it seemed everyone was getting religion. I imagine the "Granite charades played in the rain" refers to Wall St and all that it represents, profiting from one another, the dreariness of the work-a-day world and the many ways the Hippie-Flower child left overs saw it as evil - bringing the "rain" of tears, catering to all forms of worldliness, in contrast to the joy of a sunny day vacation trip to the beach - a commonplace experience for recreating & having a beer and a good time...
@fiascodagama Written during the height of the Jesus-movement years, it was a time when it seemed everyone was getting religion. I imagine the "Granite charades played in the rain" refers to Wall St and all that it represents, profiting from one another, the dreariness of the work-a-day world and the many ways the Hippie-Flower child left overs saw it as evil - bringing the "rain" of tears, catering to all forms of worldliness, in contrast to the joy of a sunny day vacation trip to the beach - a commonplace experience for recreating & having a beer and a good time with friends if living in or near Southern California.
'Bubbles of blue" could be referring to feeling empty inside, like having the Blues, and the "Burst into two" line could refer to the new life of meaning & purpose brought by having Jesus with & within you so that now the two of you are always together.
"Crooked catwalk", again, perhaps a reference to life here on Earth the time here before Heaven being the 'delay'.
I've always loved this song and felt it carried some type of loving "Spirit" but like you have often wondered at the oddity of the lyrical content.
...now I just listen, sometimes sing along, and attribute whatever meaning is appropriate at the time to add to my enjoyment of these Amber Cascades, that beautiful Sunrise/Sunset which each day in the sun/Son brings...
‘"Amber Cascades." Perhaps one of America's most underrated songs, "Amber Cascades" had a peaceful, yet uptempo sound with harps, soft trombones, and breezy harmonies. Underneath the exterior, though, lay a more ominous current. As Dewey explained: It's harder for me to write a good song about something that's just a good, groovy time; there's always a "minor," as in minor chord, that I like to write about. It's sure hard for me to write about "bounced the baby on my knee" or "these fun times," you know. That isn't enough to get me to write. I always like to throw in something, get something extra; the words, the images, the colors, like purple or whatever, that have that little tinge of possible terror -- I call it menacing, that's the word. A little menacing. Minor keys, minor choruses, as in "Sandman": "I understand you've been running from the man." Or in "Midnight" and even in "Amber Cascades": "stop all the slaughter in view" -- just a word like slaughter. For all of its appeal, "Amber Cascades" was unable to rise past number 75 on the Billboard survey, and disappeared after just four weeks on the charts.’
Source: Comprehensive History: America Revisited http://www.accessbackstage.com/america/hist01.htm