This comment applies to all LIVE songs --- Ed Kowalczyk explained in an interview how he writes the lyrics. He starts with the music and then mumbles words - nonsensical at first and then works towards actual words that fit. Seems like it's a very "organic" process, like hurling paint at a canvas. So these songs are largely, it would seem, a product of his subconscious - like automatic writing. Some might be nonsense and some might hint at deeper meaning.
I really LIKE what Kowalczyk says about lyric meanings -- that he won't discuss it as he thinks people should be able to make of it what they will so that's what everyone here is doing --- making it mean what they want it to mean. I like that he doesn't just assign a meaning and then we're all stuck with it. Our own brains will assign a meaning that is perhaps, to us, far more interesting than anything he might have intended. Way to go Ed! Power to the people!
This comment applies to all LIVE songs --- Ed Kowalczyk explained in an interview how he writes the lyrics. He starts with the music and then mumbles words - nonsensical at first and then works towards actual words that fit. Seems like it's a very "organic" process, like hurling paint at a canvas. So these songs are largely, it would seem, a product of his subconscious - like automatic writing. Some might be nonsense and some might hint at deeper meaning.
I really LIKE what Kowalczyk says about lyric meanings -- that he won't discuss it as he thinks people should be able to make of it what they will so that's what everyone here is doing --- making it mean what they want it to mean. I like that he doesn't just assign a meaning and then we're all stuck with it. Our own brains will assign a meaning that is perhaps, to us, far more interesting than anything he might have intended. Way to go Ed! Power to the people!