I think this song could have a double meaning. First, on the surface, a spring fishing trip, but since he's talking about inspiration and thoughts and words, I think it's deeper. He's fishing for ideas and inspiration which he can work into his reality: "Strong beliefs/Like ideas come to life/Turn atoms into rain and stone/Sands and tall trees."
Narcissis was the god who was so self absorbed he sat looking at his reflection all the time, like most of us sit absorbed in our thoughts. The writer here is saying to look beyond that, to stop and think and talk about it, to reach for real inspiration. Maia, the goddess of spring (the month of May is named after her), represents a new beginning, a rebirth and a growing. Maia is here used to represent inspiration and this higher plane, dancing in illusion and light.
Interestingly, in Eastern religions like Hinduism, the world is seen as an illusion, called Maya. There might be a connection. Getting beyond the illusion to see the reality. Dance with Maia and dissolve with her into the light of illusion, that is to say, the light that shows the illusion for what it is. That's my take on it. Pretty deep but with his mythological references, it seems to be speaking of deeper things.
I think this song could have a double meaning. First, on the surface, a spring fishing trip, but since he's talking about inspiration and thoughts and words, I think it's deeper. He's fishing for ideas and inspiration which he can work into his reality: "Strong beliefs/Like ideas come to life/Turn atoms into rain and stone/Sands and tall trees."
Narcissis was the god who was so self absorbed he sat looking at his reflection all the time, like most of us sit absorbed in our thoughts. The writer here is saying to look beyond that, to stop and think and talk about it, to reach for real inspiration. Maia, the goddess of spring (the month of May is named after her), represents a new beginning, a rebirth and a growing. Maia is here used to represent inspiration and this higher plane, dancing in illusion and light.
Interestingly, in Eastern religions like Hinduism, the world is seen as an illusion, called Maya. There might be a connection. Getting beyond the illusion to see the reality. Dance with Maia and dissolve with her into the light of illusion, that is to say, the light that shows the illusion for what it is. That's my take on it. Pretty deep but with his mythological references, it seems to be speaking of deeper things.