one of those rare songs that comes along and seems to sum up an entire moment of human existence. to everyone who said that these lyrics seemed to be nonsense or just written to go to the music, take another look.
this song seems to have been written from the perspective of someone who was having trouble with a significant other, and that feeling of hurt and hopelessness opened his eyes through writing to all these other forms of human suffering and weakness. "i'm hurt, you're hurt, my dad's hurt, and haven't you learned everybody's hurt."
then "we're all smiles seeing reptiles", and "birds in bars" seem to bring in the idea that, as was earlier said, people are just another part of nature and animal life on this planet. the idea of "birds in bars" is so absurd that it seems ironic that humans, just another species, are hanging around in bars.
"we measure up each species in our heads" is our superiority complex, as someone else has said as well. "i can snap him like a wishbone"... like how we as humans are so much more powerful now than any other species and it has almost become vindictive. children kill bugs or even small animals for fun, everybody gets a little pleasure out of killing a bug.
"i want everything and two of some of this shit" is clearly about how we have become so materialistic and greedy; now that we own this planet, we don't even want to share it with each other.
then the rest of the song is about the writer wanting to get back in touch with nature. "see myself in their eyes", "my fingers on their feet" (apes have long, fingerlike toes), "my possessive love in their embrace"
he wants to be carefree like the rest of the world's creatures
just my ideas on the song. i looked up the lyrics and I had to post something, they were so good.
@sweatersdotcom agree with everything you said. I can't believe these lyrics came from someone younger than I am, I don't think I could express my thoughts that poetically and poignantly. I'm impressed each time I listen to this song even a hundred listens later
@sweatersdotcom agree with everything you said. I can't believe these lyrics came from someone younger than I am, I don't think I could express my thoughts that poetically and poignantly. I'm impressed each time I listen to this song even a hundred listens later
one of those rare songs that comes along and seems to sum up an entire moment of human existence. to everyone who said that these lyrics seemed to be nonsense or just written to go to the music, take another look.
this song seems to have been written from the perspective of someone who was having trouble with a significant other, and that feeling of hurt and hopelessness opened his eyes through writing to all these other forms of human suffering and weakness. "i'm hurt, you're hurt, my dad's hurt, and haven't you learned everybody's hurt."
then "we're all smiles seeing reptiles", and "birds in bars" seem to bring in the idea that, as was earlier said, people are just another part of nature and animal life on this planet. the idea of "birds in bars" is so absurd that it seems ironic that humans, just another species, are hanging around in bars.
"we measure up each species in our heads" is our superiority complex, as someone else has said as well. "i can snap him like a wishbone"... like how we as humans are so much more powerful now than any other species and it has almost become vindictive. children kill bugs or even small animals for fun, everybody gets a little pleasure out of killing a bug.
"i want everything and two of some of this shit" is clearly about how we have become so materialistic and greedy; now that we own this planet, we don't even want to share it with each other.
then the rest of the song is about the writer wanting to get back in touch with nature. "see myself in their eyes", "my fingers on their feet" (apes have long, fingerlike toes), "my possessive love in their embrace" he wants to be carefree like the rest of the world's creatures
just my ideas on the song. i looked up the lyrics and I had to post something, they were so good.
@sweatersdotcom agree with everything you said. I can't believe these lyrics came from someone younger than I am, I don't think I could express my thoughts that poetically and poignantly. I'm impressed each time I listen to this song even a hundred listens later
@sweatersdotcom agree with everything you said. I can't believe these lyrics came from someone younger than I am, I don't think I could express my thoughts that poetically and poignantly. I'm impressed each time I listen to this song even a hundred listens later