Lyric discussion by Jonny Kane 

Cover art for Big Eyed Fish lyrics by Dave Matthews Band

It is a great song, but I think kon104 got it pretty good. All of the analogies are about people or animals trying to do something impossible, a fish trying to live out of water, a monkey trying ot live out of his tree, a man trying to live without breathing. I think we as people take for granted what we have, don't appreciate it and want more. We eventually want something that is impossible to have, and I don't think we die for it, I think it is actually the dream that dies.