Christina78, I hope you still check up on the site b/c Phil is one of my favorites and he explained this song on Storytellers years ago. It's about a person in an insane asylum - There's no point escaping, I don't worry anymore...I've been a prisoner all my life... They don't think that I listen, Oh but I know who they are...
He said it was kinda dark when he began talking about it. I think that's pretty much all he said. But the song is still great after all these years!
The only thing I would add is that I am a counselor in the mental health field and the term "insane asylum" is archaic and inaccurate.
The only thing I would add is that I am a counselor in the mental health field and the term "insane asylum" is archaic and inaccurate.
That said, it is a beautiful, spot on representation of what it is like to slip into a variety of different mental illnesses. And many of us suffer from some level of depression whether we admit it or not.
That said, it is a beautiful, spot on representation of what it is like to slip into a variety of different mental illnesses. And many of us suffer from some level of depression whether we admit it or not.
My wife has Bipolar disorder and I have general depression and take meds. While my cycles aren't as extreme, I can "feel" what it's like to ebb and flow.
My wife has Bipolar disorder and I have general depression and take meds. While my cycles aren't as extreme, I can "feel" what it's like to ebb and flow.
Seriously? You're taking the effort to criticize a post made FIFTEEN YEARS BEFORE YOURS, which refers to a statement made YEARS before THAT about a song published in the 1980s as 'archaic'???
Seriously? You're taking the effort to criticize a post made FIFTEEN YEARS BEFORE YOURS, which refers to a statement made YEARS before THAT about a song published in the 1980s as 'archaic'???
Wow, the mental health professional has really lost perspective on this; time for a little "Medice, cura te ipsum"...
Wow, the mental health professional has really lost perspective on this; time for a little "Medice, cura te ipsum"...
Christina78, I hope you still check up on the site b/c Phil is one of my favorites and he explained this song on Storytellers years ago. It's about a person in an insane asylum - There's no point escaping, I don't worry anymore...I've been a prisoner all my life... They don't think that I listen, Oh but I know who they are... He said it was kinda dark when he began talking about it. I think that's pretty much all he said. But the song is still great after all these years!
Great song.For a funny easy-going guy he has alot of dark songs.Although this one has a poppy or upbeat to it.
Great song.For a funny easy-going guy he has alot of dark songs.Although this one has a poppy or upbeat to it.
@LeArtist
@LeArtist
The only thing I would add is that I am a counselor in the mental health field and the term "insane asylum" is archaic and inaccurate.
The only thing I would add is that I am a counselor in the mental health field and the term "insane asylum" is archaic and inaccurate.
That said, it is a beautiful, spot on representation of what it is like to slip into a variety of different mental illnesses. And many of us suffer from some level of depression whether we admit it or not.
That said, it is a beautiful, spot on representation of what it is like to slip into a variety of different mental illnesses. And many of us suffer from some level of depression whether we admit it or not.
My wife has Bipolar disorder and I have general depression and take meds. While my cycles aren't as extreme, I can "feel" what it's like to ebb and flow.
My wife has Bipolar disorder and I have general depression and take meds. While my cycles aren't as extreme, I can "feel" what it's like to ebb and flow.
So,...
So, to some extent this song touches us all.
@davidrharris72
@davidrharris72
Seriously? You're taking the effort to criticize a post made FIFTEEN YEARS BEFORE YOURS, which refers to a statement made YEARS before THAT about a song published in the 1980s as 'archaic'???
Seriously? You're taking the effort to criticize a post made FIFTEEN YEARS BEFORE YOURS, which refers to a statement made YEARS before THAT about a song published in the 1980s as 'archaic'???
Wow, the mental health professional has really lost perspective on this; time for a little "Medice, cura te ipsum"...
Wow, the mental health professional has really lost perspective on this; time for a little "Medice, cura te ipsum"...