I'm up and I can take what you give
And I'm here but I don't want you to live with me
`Cause all I want is a taste for free
I'm down and I will drag you along and around
Until you burst into song and unwind
And leave your new life behind for a while
Cause I can see through the lines
Cause I can see through the lines
I'm down and I will drag you along and around
Until you burst into song and unwind
And leave your new life behind for a while
I'm out and I will stay here alone and without
Someone controlled by the phone and TV
`Cause what it's doing to me is fine
Cause I can see through the lines
Cause I can see through the lines
Oooh oooh
Step into space
Oooh oooh
Alter my place
Oooh oooh
That someone else made
Why I have stayed
Into things I could be
Or if I could see
Into fog that surrounds
And pins me to the ground
I can see through the lines
I can see through the lines
I can see through the lines
I can see through the lines
And I'm here but I don't want you to live with me
`Cause all I want is a taste for free
Until you burst into song and unwind
And leave your new life behind for a while
Cause I can see through the lines
Until you burst into song and unwind
And leave your new life behind for a while
Someone controlled by the phone and TV
`Cause what it's doing to me is fine
Cause I can see through the lines
Step into space
Oooh oooh
Alter my place
Oooh oooh
That someone else made
Why I have stayed
Into things I could be
Or if I could see
Into fog that surrounds
And pins me to the ground
I can see through the lines
I can see through the lines
I can see through the lines
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Whatever the meaning, the rhythm against the voice and words makes it a very soothing piece of music. The voice is slow and transcending while the music is fast and stuck in second gear. By the end, you really want more. This is a great tune, one of Phish's best.
Hearing this song and Stash live at my first concert really got me hooked on phish. Taste doesn't seem to get too much attention. I'd like to hear someone's take on this.
Seriously, this could be quite the dancing jam. They should play it more, although I guess 107 times is quite a lot.
This is a free-spirited guy who lives a very bohemian, unsettled life, speaking to a girl he's having a fling with, who lives a settled, more mainstream sort of lifestyle. He's expressing his reticence to get too close to her, not because he doesn't like her, but because he's not keen on absorb her values and way of life. On the contrary, he'd rather be the one to influence her to cut loose, and live more like he does.