This song smells a lot of a transcendental being, a Holy Guardian Angel, a Soul, The Self opposed to the self, the personality, the Ego. But The Self is called man and The Ego is called The Argus. (n.b. the term 'god eye' becomes a wonderful pun here, i.e. god-I).
So what does this song mean. It means that The Self's confusion, which is a natural by-product of It's growing processes, naturally gives rise to the Ego ("Tells me he has chosen you"). The Ego is the harmonizing [practiced (or applied) com-passion, i.e. feeling together] of all of The Self's experiences which heretofore was confusion.
The second-to-last line of the song, seems to be indicating that it is The Argus who is crying, and not man crying out, "The Argus". The Ego cries, like most peoples egos do, because it is man's fear that carries The Self on and which is the sole and only reason for existence of The Ego.
When the god-eye grants his forgiveness it is so man can see The Reason through the confusion. The "act" of the god-eye granting forgiveness is actually the sacrificing of The Argus.
I agree, this is one of the best songs that ween wrote, and is very underated.
This song is a very confusing, twisted, and metaphorical look at man's psychology.
I respect your opinion and I am glad you enjoy the song, but you are grasping at straws with your interpretation. I am sure Ween did not intend that to be the meaning of the song.
I respect your opinion and I am glad you enjoy the song, but you are grasping at straws with your interpretation. I am sure Ween did not intend that to be the meaning of the song.
This song smells a lot of a transcendental being, a Holy Guardian Angel, a Soul, The Self opposed to the self, the personality, the Ego. But The Self is called man and The Ego is called The Argus. (n.b. the term 'god eye' becomes a wonderful pun here, i.e. god-I).
So what does this song mean. It means that The Self's confusion, which is a natural by-product of It's growing processes, naturally gives rise to the Ego ("Tells me he has chosen you"). The Ego is the harmonizing [practiced (or applied) com-passion, i.e. feeling together] of all of The Self's experiences which heretofore was confusion.
The second-to-last line of the song, seems to be indicating that it is The Argus who is crying, and not man crying out, "The Argus". The Ego cries, like most peoples egos do, because it is man's fear that carries The Self on and which is the sole and only reason for existence of The Ego.
When the god-eye grants his forgiveness it is so man can see The Reason through the confusion. The "act" of the god-eye granting forgiveness is actually the sacrificing of The Argus.
I agree, this is one of the best songs that ween wrote, and is very underated.
This song is a very confusing, twisted, and metaphorical look at man's psychology.
I respect your opinion and I am glad you enjoy the song, but you are grasping at straws with your interpretation. I am sure Ween did not intend that to be the meaning of the song.
I respect your opinion and I am glad you enjoy the song, but you are grasping at straws with your interpretation. I am sure Ween did not intend that to be the meaning of the song.