@BMaloney This song is about taking LSD, written and performed by experienced LSD users. The intended audience were people who were open to experimenting with LSD and the psychedelic journey that they faced. There are so many obvious LSD references, that they probably wanted to call the song \'Fountain of Lysergic\' but their record company made them change the name. Sorry all you Frank Zappa followers, but this song was about dropping acid and also happens to be masterpiece of the prog rock genre. So, with that understanding, you can try to look into the lyrics for all the...
@BMaloney This song is about taking LSD, written and performed by experienced LSD users. The intended audience were people who were open to experimenting with LSD and the psychedelic journey that they faced. There are so many obvious LSD references, that they probably wanted to call the song \'Fountain of Lysergic\' but their record company made them change the name. Sorry all you Frank Zappa followers, but this song was about dropping acid and also happens to be masterpiece of the prog rock genre. So, with that understanding, you can try to look into the lyrics for all the messages, which is great fun, but keep in mind, it is a powerful and multi-polar epic song resembling an acid trip in it\'s structure. Here we go:\r\nI feel the first part is not a baby or a newborn, but rather, a college age Freshman who has a paid-for college tuition and is ready to party and meet girls, etc. In those days, that was a pretty common experience for youths emerging from their parents homes. In that, they are open to experimenting with the \'Eye opening\' drugs that were becoming more common and available at the time. Although still highly illicit and dangerous from a law enforcement standpoint, soon the LSD could not be stopped. The one that soothes and feeds me, on the surface, could be the child\'s mother, but from a psychedelic standpoint, that could be the person\'s \'guide\' on their trip. At the time, and probably still today, it was always recommended that one must have a guide while taking acid or mushrooms. That guide should be an experienced user, with various shamanic roles and the ability to \'talk down\' the new user if things get weird. That makes perfect sense with the lyrics of this song, which was produced to entertain and accompany the people who were becoming Rush fans (and taking LSD and other drugs.). The part that is weird is the \'Panacea\' part. Obviously, on the surface, our college age LSD user has found a girlfriend/wife/ or lost his virginity, etc to this soft handed chick. That makes sense, but I have never ever referred to my wife/girlfriend as a Panacea because that word doesn\'t really apply except to the most cynical of thinkers. A panacea is more of a tonic or potion used to cure ones ill\'s. Not a female at all. So the Panacea liquid grace is not some chick named Grace but more likely a vial of liquid LSD, a potent form, Anyway, that\'s all the time I have for this, Have fun listening to and dissecting this epic prog rock track, all 19 glorious minutes. And have a safe trip!
@BMaloney This song is about taking LSD, written and performed by experienced LSD users. The intended audience were people who were open to experimenting with LSD and the psychedelic journey that they faced. There are so many obvious LSD references, that they probably wanted to call the song \'Fountain of Lysergic\' but their record company made them change the name. Sorry all you Frank Zappa followers, but this song was about dropping acid and also happens to be masterpiece of the prog rock genre. So, with that understanding, you can try to look into the lyrics for all the...
@BMaloney This song is about taking LSD, written and performed by experienced LSD users. The intended audience were people who were open to experimenting with LSD and the psychedelic journey that they faced. There are so many obvious LSD references, that they probably wanted to call the song \'Fountain of Lysergic\' but their record company made them change the name. Sorry all you Frank Zappa followers, but this song was about dropping acid and also happens to be masterpiece of the prog rock genre. So, with that understanding, you can try to look into the lyrics for all the messages, which is great fun, but keep in mind, it is a powerful and multi-polar epic song resembling an acid trip in it\'s structure. Here we go:\r\nI feel the first part is not a baby or a newborn, but rather, a college age Freshman who has a paid-for college tuition and is ready to party and meet girls, etc. In those days, that was a pretty common experience for youths emerging from their parents homes. In that, they are open to experimenting with the \'Eye opening\' drugs that were becoming more common and available at the time. Although still highly illicit and dangerous from a law enforcement standpoint, soon the LSD could not be stopped. The one that soothes and feeds me, on the surface, could be the child\'s mother, but from a psychedelic standpoint, that could be the person\'s \'guide\' on their trip. At the time, and probably still today, it was always recommended that one must have a guide while taking acid or mushrooms. That guide should be an experienced user, with various shamanic roles and the ability to \'talk down\' the new user if things get weird. That makes perfect sense with the lyrics of this song, which was produced to entertain and accompany the people who were becoming Rush fans (and taking LSD and other drugs.). The part that is weird is the \'Panacea\' part. Obviously, on the surface, our college age LSD user has found a girlfriend/wife/ or lost his virginity, etc to this soft handed chick. That makes sense, but I have never ever referred to my wife/girlfriend as a Panacea because that word doesn\'t really apply except to the most cynical of thinkers. A panacea is more of a tonic or potion used to cure ones ill\'s. Not a female at all. So the Panacea liquid grace is not some chick named Grace but more likely a vial of liquid LSD, a potent form, Anyway, that\'s all the time I have for this, Have fun listening to and dissecting this epic prog rock track, all 19 glorious minutes. And have a safe trip!
That's rather unfortunate because LSD was first synthesized in 1938 by Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann.
This song doesn't have any drug overtones, it's just another one of Neil Peart's adventures in song form. A darn good one at that.
@BMaloney This song is about taking LSD, written and performed by experienced LSD users. The intended audience were people who were open to experimenting with LSD and the psychedelic journey that they faced. There are so many obvious LSD references, that they probably wanted to call the song \'Fountain of Lysergic\' but their record company made them change the name. Sorry all you Frank Zappa followers, but this song was about dropping acid and also happens to be masterpiece of the prog rock genre. So, with that understanding, you can try to look into the lyrics for all the...
@BMaloney This song is about taking LSD, written and performed by experienced LSD users. The intended audience were people who were open to experimenting with LSD and the psychedelic journey that they faced. There are so many obvious LSD references, that they probably wanted to call the song \'Fountain of Lysergic\' but their record company made them change the name. Sorry all you Frank Zappa followers, but this song was about dropping acid and also happens to be masterpiece of the prog rock genre. So, with that understanding, you can try to look into the lyrics for all the messages, which is great fun, but keep in mind, it is a powerful and multi-polar epic song resembling an acid trip in it\'s structure. Here we go:\r\nI feel the first part is not a baby or a newborn, but rather, a college age Freshman who has a paid-for college tuition and is ready to party and meet girls, etc. In those days, that was a pretty common experience for youths emerging from their parents homes. In that, they are open to experimenting with the \'Eye opening\' drugs that were becoming more common and available at the time. Although still highly illicit and dangerous from a law enforcement standpoint, soon the LSD could not be stopped. The one that soothes and feeds me, on the surface, could be the child\'s mother, but from a psychedelic standpoint, that could be the person\'s \'guide\' on their trip. At the time, and probably still today, it was always recommended that one must have a guide while taking acid or mushrooms. That guide should be an experienced user, with various shamanic roles and the ability to \'talk down\' the new user if things get weird. That makes perfect sense with the lyrics of this song, which was produced to entertain and accompany the people who were becoming Rush fans (and taking LSD and other drugs.). The part that is weird is the \'Panacea\' part. Obviously, on the surface, our college age LSD user has found a girlfriend/wife/ or lost his virginity, etc to this soft handed chick. That makes sense, but I have never ever referred to my wife/girlfriend as a Panacea because that word doesn\'t really apply except to the most cynical of thinkers. A panacea is more of a tonic or potion used to cure ones ill\'s. Not a female at all. So the Panacea liquid grace is not some chick named Grace but more likely a vial of liquid LSD, a potent form, Anyway, that\'s all the time I have for this, Have fun listening to and dissecting this epic prog rock track, all 19 glorious minutes. And have a safe trip!
@BMaloney This song is about taking LSD, written and performed by experienced LSD users. The intended audience were people who were open to experimenting with LSD and the psychedelic journey that they faced. There are so many obvious LSD references, that they probably wanted to call the song \'Fountain of Lysergic\' but their record company made them change the name. Sorry all you Frank Zappa followers, but this song was about dropping acid and also happens to be masterpiece of the prog rock genre. So, with that understanding, you can try to look into the lyrics for all the...
@BMaloney This song is about taking LSD, written and performed by experienced LSD users. The intended audience were people who were open to experimenting with LSD and the psychedelic journey that they faced. There are so many obvious LSD references, that they probably wanted to call the song \'Fountain of Lysergic\' but their record company made them change the name. Sorry all you Frank Zappa followers, but this song was about dropping acid and also happens to be masterpiece of the prog rock genre. So, with that understanding, you can try to look into the lyrics for all the messages, which is great fun, but keep in mind, it is a powerful and multi-polar epic song resembling an acid trip in it\'s structure. Here we go:\r\nI feel the first part is not a baby or a newborn, but rather, a college age Freshman who has a paid-for college tuition and is ready to party and meet girls, etc. In those days, that was a pretty common experience for youths emerging from their parents homes. In that, they are open to experimenting with the \'Eye opening\' drugs that were becoming more common and available at the time. Although still highly illicit and dangerous from a law enforcement standpoint, soon the LSD could not be stopped. The one that soothes and feeds me, on the surface, could be the child\'s mother, but from a psychedelic standpoint, that could be the person\'s \'guide\' on their trip. At the time, and probably still today, it was always recommended that one must have a guide while taking acid or mushrooms. That guide should be an experienced user, with various shamanic roles and the ability to \'talk down\' the new user if things get weird. That makes perfect sense with the lyrics of this song, which was produced to entertain and accompany the people who were becoming Rush fans (and taking LSD and other drugs.). The part that is weird is the \'Panacea\' part. Obviously, on the surface, our college age LSD user has found a girlfriend/wife/ or lost his virginity, etc to this soft handed chick. That makes sense, but I have never ever referred to my wife/girlfriend as a Panacea because that word doesn\'t really apply except to the most cynical of thinkers. A panacea is more of a tonic or potion used to cure ones ill\'s. Not a female at all. So the Panacea liquid grace is not some chick named Grace but more likely a vial of liquid LSD, a potent form, Anyway, that\'s all the time I have for this, Have fun listening to and dissecting this epic prog rock track, all 19 glorious minutes. And have a safe trip!
@sandman71 it absolutely is not, ya dumbass.
@sandman71 it absolutely is not, ya dumbass.