okay - this is certainly not the meaning that bob had in mind when he wrote the song - but this is what i always think of when i hear this song:
once i read a book about borneo (into the heart of borneo?) and the author was giving a light hearted account of the native people's beliefs about the afterlife. i can't recall; and can't find the book right now - but it involved people, after death, being deposited in various lakes.
also, the bible tells about the "lake of fire" (ie. hell) which of course was the subject of a famous meat puppets song (covered by nirvana on thier excellent unplugged album). so naturally when i hear back to the lake i think about the various afterlife myths, or . . . uh . . . theories.
back to the lake = death
but then again one time i was running a marathon (in the redwoods) and i had my play list on my ipod set up so i'd hear this song right at the end of the marathon . . . meaning i was finished. (we live right near a lake - so it meant coming home.)
anyway - like i said - these ramblings have nothing to do w bob's original intentions (which are rarely very clear so i might as well add my own personal view, right?)
okay - this is certainly not the meaning that bob had in mind when he wrote the song - but this is what i always think of when i hear this song:
once i read a book about borneo (into the heart of borneo?) and the author was giving a light hearted account of the native people's beliefs about the afterlife. i can't recall; and can't find the book right now - but it involved people, after death, being deposited in various lakes.
also, the bible tells about the "lake of fire" (ie. hell) which of course was the subject of a famous meat puppets song (covered by nirvana on thier excellent unplugged album). so naturally when i hear back to the lake i think about the various afterlife myths, or . . . uh . . . theories.
back to the lake = death
but then again one time i was running a marathon (in the redwoods) and i had my play list on my ipod set up so i'd hear this song right at the end of the marathon . . . meaning i was finished. (we live right near a lake - so it meant coming home.)
anyway - like i said - these ramblings have nothing to do w bob's original intentions (which are rarely very clear so i might as well add my own personal view, right?)
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