What are you talking about, it's depressing? Hell no, the song is so upbeat it isn't even funny. He's talking about enlightenement, finding himself. He's decided to stop trying so hard and just relax, because it comes easier that way anyways "the more you try to find yourself the more you tend to hide." He's "loosening his grip" and "conferring with the wise" and "losing himself on the riverways of days" Taoists talk about the Tao as being like water, flowing. Going with the flow is common to many religions anyways. He finds it's easier to go with the flow than to struggle to live up to some ideal, and finds that the ideal is acheived in letting it go. Amazing song...
What are you talking about, it's depressing? Hell no, the song is so upbeat it isn't even funny. He's talking about enlightenement, finding himself. He's decided to stop trying so hard and just relax, because it comes easier that way anyways "the more you try to find yourself the more you tend to hide." He's "loosening his grip" and "conferring with the wise" and "losing himself on the riverways of days" Taoists talk about the Tao as being like water, flowing. Going with the flow is common to many religions anyways. He finds it's easier to go with the flow than to struggle to live up to some ideal, and finds that the ideal is acheived in letting it go. Amazing song...