Not ridiculous to me given it's one of their songs that no one ever talks about and never gets played live.
I couldn't get this song out of my head in the summer of 2003, and I'd rack my brain trying to decipher what the hell Doug is talking about exactly. Then I was led to a long article about the making of Ancient Melodies of the Future for the Experience Music Project in Seattle. Doug talks about this song and literally said the song is "meaningless" (this was my introduction to this common trait of a lot of Doug's lyrics). The sounds of the words used are the driving force of the song, and there's no real meaning behind them. I felt kind of cheated when I found this out, but live moves on and it's still one of my very favorites by the band, even though I'm assuredly in the minority here. Unfortunately the article no longer exists online.
@bakiuhn I agree with you, I asked Doug in columbus 2014, about a few songs and he said I go with whatever comes to my head that sounds right, I don't put as much emphasis on the lyrics as you may think. I couldnt even get him to say anything about Going against your mind. He stayed mum on that one.
@bakiuhn I agree with you, I asked Doug in columbus 2014, about a few songs and he said I go with whatever comes to my head that sounds right, I don't put as much emphasis on the lyrics as you may think. I couldnt even get him to say anything about Going against your mind. He stayed mum on that one.
Not ridiculous to me given it's one of their songs that no one ever talks about and never gets played live.
I couldn't get this song out of my head in the summer of 2003, and I'd rack my brain trying to decipher what the hell Doug is talking about exactly. Then I was led to a long article about the making of Ancient Melodies of the Future for the Experience Music Project in Seattle. Doug talks about this song and literally said the song is "meaningless" (this was my introduction to this common trait of a lot of Doug's lyrics). The sounds of the words used are the driving force of the song, and there's no real meaning behind them. I felt kind of cheated when I found this out, but live moves on and it's still one of my very favorites by the band, even though I'm assuredly in the minority here. Unfortunately the article no longer exists online.
@bakiuhn I agree with you, I asked Doug in columbus 2014, about a few songs and he said I go with whatever comes to my head that sounds right, I don't put as much emphasis on the lyrics as you may think. I couldnt even get him to say anything about Going against your mind. He stayed mum on that one.
@bakiuhn I agree with you, I asked Doug in columbus 2014, about a few songs and he said I go with whatever comes to my head that sounds right, I don't put as much emphasis on the lyrics as you may think. I couldnt even get him to say anything about Going against your mind. He stayed mum on that one.