One of the tasks Hercules accomplished was moving a river to clean a supposedly uncleanable stable.
To me as a high school student, this song was always a voice for my anxiety about being able to keep up the pace of accomplishment I had set. "You're only as good as the last great thing you did, and where've you been since then?"
As an adult, it's hard to hear the song without that wash of earlier interpretation, but now I think it's about a guy in a mid-life crisis looking to break out of his rut.
One of the tasks Hercules accomplished was moving a river to clean a supposedly uncleanable stable.
To me as a high school student, this song was always a voice for my anxiety about being able to keep up the pace of accomplishment I had set. "You're only as good as the last great thing you did, and where've you been since then?" As an adult, it's hard to hear the song without that wash of earlier interpretation, but now I think it's about a guy in a mid-life crisis looking to break out of his rut.