In my opinion this song is about all the attachments people have to worldly things, when really they are meaningless, and in fact causing more pain and complication than pleasure. The message is that we should release ourselves from the prison we are entrapped in and get back to nature, life, and a freer state of being. We can't see truth through all of this junk.
In the following verse, as referenced in various other songs, our bodies are food for the earth. If you need pleasing just get back to a state before attachment to the “spices of life” all the possessions and get back to your base free form.
“If food needed pleasing
You'd suck all the seasoning off
Suck it off!”
In the same tone as above, we are all the same stuff and we are all part of a large system and at one with all. “Well, treat me like disease Like the rats and the fleas” . We are exactly the same as these things but we have labeled them as bad, but ultimately we are the same thing.
To clear you head of the crap that it has been filled with since birth you have to go through a transformation… Bang that crap out of your head and open your eyes to what could really equal peace… is it a TV or meditation and no strings.
“Bang your head like a gong
Because it's filled with all wrong”
Everybody will have this revelation, but most will get there on their death bed. A man who knows he has everything he wants is already rich and once you know this you are rich.
“If you think you know enough
To know you know you've had enough
And if you think you don't, you probably will”
Our tails wagged means we were happy for a minute as we emerged, then it fell off as we got tied down and filled with crap and accumulated crap, then we went back to where we came from. The metaphor of evolution is for the cycle of life is the same as the cycle of our planet.
Our tails wagged and then fell off
But we just turned back, marched into the sea
Once you die something takes the carbon from the body. You become one with the earth. I would say become one with the earth again, but you are one with the earth and everything on it right now. This is the message of the song, just as when he says treat me like the rats. I think he is saying he is the rats, or that we are all the same.
“Well, treat me like the sea
Oh, so salty and mean “
I don’t know what this means?????
I'll be beating my heart's record for speeding
I'll be beating the record for hearts skipping in the dark
Take all possessions away from me so I can be unattached and free. Get rid of the junk in your house that you think makes you happy, get rid of the crap in your brain that was put there by others, take it away until every last bit so I have at least a chance to find meaning in this life and find happiness, otherwise you don’t even have a chance.
“Take all that you need
Like my sign says for free
Until it's gone!”
You don’t have to please anyone but yourself and those who you are trying to please you should assess and break these ties in these relationships. Shed these relationships like trees shed their leaves. I should add I think he uses trees because of the cyclical nature of trees throughout various seasons. Start with no leaves, gets leaves, and shed them ending with none.
“Well, discard whom you please
Like the leaves of a tree “
Same as above… We really only shake hands in a few circumstances and this is just another reminder that you will die and be reabsorbed into one. You are not gaining anything by trying to impress.
We'll shake hands all you want
But soon both hands are gone
This is negative ego centric intervention with our nature and earth. Same as the other similes above, where he says like, I believe he is saying he is (we are) exactly like these things. These things shouldn’t disrespect or underestimated. The interference with nature should be stopped and forced interference with nature should be stopped. You can’t force nature and shouldn’t try to force it… you can’t drag from the sea and teach to breath, but naturally unforced it can happen over time. Forcing nature for a temporary selfish time until it becomes bad thing. Forced health, and then a wish for death.
“Cut me down like a tree
Like the lumber or weeds
Drag me out of the sea
And then teach me to breath
Give me forced health until I wish death on myself
Give me forced health until I wish death on myself”
Same thing about possessions and meaningless crap in our lives that we would be better of without… We are blinded by our possessions and can’t see how they are intrusive and a complication as opposed to a solution or improvement.
“Well, we all stumbled around, tangled up in our cords
From our phones, VCRs, and our wordly woes”
In my opinion this song is about all the attachments people have to worldly things, when really they are meaningless, and in fact causing more pain and complication than pleasure. The message is that we should release ourselves from the prison we are entrapped in and get back to nature, life, and a freer state of being. We can't see truth through all of this junk.
In the following verse, as referenced in various other songs, our bodies are food for the earth. If you need pleasing just get back to a state before attachment to the “spices of life” all the possessions and get back to your base free form. “If food needed pleasing You'd suck all the seasoning off Suck it off!”
In the same tone as above, we are all the same stuff and we are all part of a large system and at one with all. “Well, treat me like disease Like the rats and the fleas” . We are exactly the same as these things but we have labeled them as bad, but ultimately we are the same thing.
To clear you head of the crap that it has been filled with since birth you have to go through a transformation… Bang that crap out of your head and open your eyes to what could really equal peace… is it a TV or meditation and no strings. “Bang your head like a gong Because it's filled with all wrong”
Everybody will have this revelation, but most will get there on their death bed. A man who knows he has everything he wants is already rich and once you know this you are rich. “If you think you know enough To know you know you've had enough And if you think you don't, you probably will”
Our tails wagged means we were happy for a minute as we emerged, then it fell off as we got tied down and filled with crap and accumulated crap, then we went back to where we came from. The metaphor of evolution is for the cycle of life is the same as the cycle of our planet.
Our tails wagged and then fell off But we just turned back, marched into the sea
Once you die something takes the carbon from the body. You become one with the earth. I would say become one with the earth again, but you are one with the earth and everything on it right now. This is the message of the song, just as when he says treat me like the rats. I think he is saying he is the rats, or that we are all the same. “Well, treat me like the sea Oh, so salty and mean “
I don’t know what this means????? I'll be beating my heart's record for speeding I'll be beating the record for hearts skipping in the dark
Take all possessions away from me so I can be unattached and free. Get rid of the junk in your house that you think makes you happy, get rid of the crap in your brain that was put there by others, take it away until every last bit so I have at least a chance to find meaning in this life and find happiness, otherwise you don’t even have a chance. “Take all that you need Like my sign says for free Until it's gone!”
You don’t have to please anyone but yourself and those who you are trying to please you should assess and break these ties in these relationships. Shed these relationships like trees shed their leaves. I should add I think he uses trees because of the cyclical nature of trees throughout various seasons. Start with no leaves, gets leaves, and shed them ending with none.
“Well, discard whom you please Like the leaves of a tree “
Same as above… We really only shake hands in a few circumstances and this is just another reminder that you will die and be reabsorbed into one. You are not gaining anything by trying to impress. We'll shake hands all you want But soon both hands are gone
This is negative ego centric intervention with our nature and earth. Same as the other similes above, where he says like, I believe he is saying he is (we are) exactly like these things. These things shouldn’t disrespect or underestimated. The interference with nature should be stopped and forced interference with nature should be stopped. You can’t force nature and shouldn’t try to force it… you can’t drag from the sea and teach to breath, but naturally unforced it can happen over time. Forcing nature for a temporary selfish time until it becomes bad thing. Forced health, and then a wish for death. “Cut me down like a tree Like the lumber or weeds Drag me out of the sea And then teach me to breath Give me forced health until I wish death on myself Give me forced health until I wish death on myself”
Same thing about possessions and meaningless crap in our lives that we would be better of without… We are blinded by our possessions and can’t see how they are intrusive and a complication as opposed to a solution or improvement. “Well, we all stumbled around, tangled up in our cords From our phones, VCRs, and our wordly woes”