This song seems to be about person compromising their values (I wash my faith in dirty water), to make life easy (Cause it gives my mind a little order), but not finding fulfillment as a result (But my whole world, slips away.)
The person then decides to change and live according to their own values even without immediate success (I live my life, I live it slowly), but at least they are more fulfilled (I’m livin). This person is willing to try this new way (I would dance with a total stranger) with no regrets so long as he/she is living honestly (Hell, there could be no danger if I open up). The person envisions becoming more valuable to society this way. (I’d be your newborn friend for the world.)
There is no such thing as an easy life. (For life there is no order.) The rest of the 5th stanza elaborates this thought.
There is no such thing as an easy life, (For life there is no order.) especially when you encounters failures for refusing to bend your values- (Cause, I know that feeling when you’ve tried to make your way out. Nothing mends.) this sometimes leads to severe self-criticism and a sense of defeat. etc
I have to agree with this. For the longest time, I've tried to figure out what the meaning was in this song. It's my favorite song, but I've never been able to figure out why, until I read your interpretation of the lyrics. And now, it all makes sense, because I've been in that same boat for the majority of my life, not knowing how to fit in, but unwilling to compromise who I am as a person just to fit in with the status quo. This song has new meaning to me now.
I have to agree with this. For the longest time, I've tried to figure out what the meaning was in this song. It's my favorite song, but I've never been able to figure out why, until I read your interpretation of the lyrics. And now, it all makes sense, because I've been in that same boat for the majority of my life, not knowing how to fit in, but unwilling to compromise who I am as a person just to fit in with the status quo. This song has new meaning to me now.
@Moelyrics I agree with what you say, also this. (If I chant for happiness,
Maybe that will make me feel better?
I can't change my ideals, I can't lose my desire
Ohh, if I chant for happiness maybe that will make me feel better?
I'd be your newborn friend for the world.)
Coming to the relisation that living the way someone else wants you to live/act will make them happy but to yourself you will be lying to yourself and not living how you want to. Doing that you'll never be happy no mater what others think of you. A modern version of...
@Moelyrics I agree with what you say, also this. (If I chant for happiness,
Maybe that will make me feel better?
I can't change my ideals, I can't lose my desire
Ohh, if I chant for happiness maybe that will make me feel better?
I'd be your newborn friend for the world.)
Coming to the relisation that living the way someone else wants you to live/act will make them happy but to yourself you will be lying to yourself and not living how you want to. Doing that you'll never be happy no mater what others think of you. A modern version of Shakespeare's Polonius:
This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
This song seems to be about person compromising their values (I wash my faith in dirty water), to make life easy (Cause it gives my mind a little order), but not finding fulfillment as a result (But my whole world, slips away.)
The person then decides to change and live according to their own values even without immediate success (I live my life, I live it slowly), but at least they are more fulfilled (I’m livin). This person is willing to try this new way (I would dance with a total stranger) with no regrets so long as he/she is living honestly (Hell, there could be no danger if I open up). The person envisions becoming more valuable to society this way. (I’d be your newborn friend for the world.)
There is no such thing as an easy life. (For life there is no order.) The rest of the 5th stanza elaborates this thought.
There is no such thing as an easy life, (For life there is no order.) especially when you encounters failures for refusing to bend your values- (Cause, I know that feeling when you’ve tried to make your way out. Nothing mends.) this sometimes leads to severe self-criticism and a sense of defeat. etc
I have to agree with this. For the longest time, I've tried to figure out what the meaning was in this song. It's my favorite song, but I've never been able to figure out why, until I read your interpretation of the lyrics. And now, it all makes sense, because I've been in that same boat for the majority of my life, not knowing how to fit in, but unwilling to compromise who I am as a person just to fit in with the status quo. This song has new meaning to me now.
I have to agree with this. For the longest time, I've tried to figure out what the meaning was in this song. It's my favorite song, but I've never been able to figure out why, until I read your interpretation of the lyrics. And now, it all makes sense, because I've been in that same boat for the majority of my life, not knowing how to fit in, but unwilling to compromise who I am as a person just to fit in with the status quo. This song has new meaning to me now.
@Moelyrics I agree with what you say, also this. (If I chant for happiness, Maybe that will make me feel better? I can't change my ideals, I can't lose my desire Ohh, if I chant for happiness maybe that will make me feel better? I'd be your newborn friend for the world.) Coming to the relisation that living the way someone else wants you to live/act will make them happy but to yourself you will be lying to yourself and not living how you want to. Doing that you'll never be happy no mater what others think of you. A modern version of...
@Moelyrics I agree with what you say, also this. (If I chant for happiness, Maybe that will make me feel better? I can't change my ideals, I can't lose my desire Ohh, if I chant for happiness maybe that will make me feel better? I'd be your newborn friend for the world.) Coming to the relisation that living the way someone else wants you to live/act will make them happy but to yourself you will be lying to yourself and not living how you want to. Doing that you'll never be happy no mater what others think of you. A modern version of Shakespeare's Polonius: This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.