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!
Thanks for the great analysis and response. Live songs, like “Freaks”make me want to dance, or at least play air guitar. The last thing I want to worry about is going to hell for unknowingly loving a band that I shouldn’t love.
Thanks for the great analysis and response. Live songs, like “Freaks”make me want to dance, or at least play air guitar. The last thing I want to worry about is going to hell for unknowingly loving a band that I shouldn’t love.
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!
Thanks for the great analysis and response. Live songs, like “Freaks”make me want to dance, or at least play air guitar. The last thing I want to worry about is going to hell for unknowingly loving a band that I shouldn’t love.
Thanks for the great analysis and response. Live songs, like “Freaks”make me want to dance, or at least play air guitar. The last thing I want to worry about is going to hell for unknowingly loving a band that I shouldn’t love.