oh my god-damn, this song gets so 70s rock to me. Reminds me of zeppelin at parts.
Metanoia is a mental breakdown with the purpose of reconstructing the psyche in a new more positive way. It's an attitude of seeing a breakdown as a good thing. It also refers to thoughts that are just beyond your scope or reach. I often wonder what else I could be thinking.
My favorite part is the line starting with "mystic referee." I think mystic referee is f***ing great imagery. That feeling that if someone is up there watching our actions, they'll be able to follow our line of thought and understand why we choose to do the things we do.
Satchidananda was or still is? a very spiritual guru from India who spent many many years meditating.
Maybe he is the mystic referee being refered to.
The lyrics seem to be longing for a certain spiritual certainty. He wants to know he's on the right path. maybe he is, and his ambition and indecisiveness is actually blessed and justified...
but there is another part of him saying he's on the wrong path, seperate from the mystic referee, and he knows it. He will come back to religion later in life after he has given up trying to solve his problems w/o any religion.
And in the middle of these deep thoughts....a kid comes up wanting a free ticket. They don't play his favorite song, and now they're afraid he'll never come to another show.
The lyrics go from extremely deep to hilariously trivial. And that's why I love MGMT so much.
Actually the part about them being afraid he won't come to another show isn't trivial. They are mocking and condemning their "fans" that only listen to Time to Pretend and Electric Feel and skip all of the other songs.
Actually the part about them being afraid he won't come to another show isn't trivial. They are mocking and condemning their "fans" that only listen to Time to Pretend and Electric Feel and skip all of the other songs.
oh my god-damn, this song gets so 70s rock to me. Reminds me of zeppelin at parts.
Metanoia is a mental breakdown with the purpose of reconstructing the psyche in a new more positive way. It's an attitude of seeing a breakdown as a good thing. It also refers to thoughts that are just beyond your scope or reach. I often wonder what else I could be thinking.
My favorite part is the line starting with "mystic referee." I think mystic referee is f***ing great imagery. That feeling that if someone is up there watching our actions, they'll be able to follow our line of thought and understand why we choose to do the things we do.
Satchidananda was or still is? a very spiritual guru from India who spent many many years meditating.
Maybe he is the mystic referee being refered to.
The lyrics seem to be longing for a certain spiritual certainty. He wants to know he's on the right path. maybe he is, and his ambition and indecisiveness is actually blessed and justified... but there is another part of him saying he's on the wrong path, seperate from the mystic referee, and he knows it. He will come back to religion later in life after he has given up trying to solve his problems w/o any religion.
And in the middle of these deep thoughts....a kid comes up wanting a free ticket. They don't play his favorite song, and now they're afraid he'll never come to another show.
The lyrics go from extremely deep to hilariously trivial. And that's why I love MGMT so much.
Actually the part about them being afraid he won't come to another show isn't trivial. They are mocking and condemning their "fans" that only listen to Time to Pretend and Electric Feel and skip all of the other songs.
Actually the part about them being afraid he won't come to another show isn't trivial. They are mocking and condemning their "fans" that only listen to Time to Pretend and Electric Feel and skip all of the other songs.