"try to catch the deluge in a paper cup" - Life is too complicated to contain and simplify
"there's a battle ahead, many battles are lost" - perhaps a psychological battle, attempting to overcome things you cannot control
chorus - saying how despite the drawback of not being in complete control of fate(?) you can still control your destiny to an extent, if you wish to
towing my car, hole in roof - this could be a psychological representation of his soul/mind, and the hole is representing uncertainty or uncompleteness...
possessions causing suspicion... but there's not proof - could this be his thoughts/feelings/morals causing him doubt?
in the paper... turn right over to the TV page - distancing himself from the harsh reality of real life, seeking refuge in television as a means of protecting himself from the knowledge that as an individual, he cannot right the wrongs of the world
walking again to the beat... shadows ahead... get to know the feeling of liberation and release - the nature of life cannot permit complete freedom, and so he continues 'walking... to the beat' by living his life in the way people intend for life to be lived
although life can get bad, the situation is never hopeless...
"try to catch the deluge in a paper cup" - Life is too complicated to contain and simplify "there's a battle ahead, many battles are lost" - perhaps a psychological battle, attempting to overcome things you cannot control
chorus - saying how despite the drawback of not being in complete control of fate(?) you can still control your destiny to an extent, if you wish to
towing my car, hole in roof - this could be a psychological representation of his soul/mind, and the hole is representing uncertainty or uncompleteness... possessions causing suspicion... but there's not proof - could this be his thoughts/feelings/morals causing him doubt?
in the paper... turn right over to the TV page - distancing himself from the harsh reality of real life, seeking refuge in television as a means of protecting himself from the knowledge that as an individual, he cannot right the wrongs of the world
walking again to the beat... shadows ahead... get to know the feeling of liberation and release - the nature of life cannot permit complete freedom, and so he continues 'walking... to the beat' by living his life in the way people intend for life to be lived
although life can get bad, the situation is never hopeless...
Sheesh! Seven years later!.....These were pretty much my thoughts exactly.....The way I've always interpreted the song!
Sheesh! Seven years later!.....These were pretty much my thoughts exactly.....The way I've always interpreted the song!