I just heard this song for the first time in years...completely forgot how great it was...
And I have a totally different take on it...I always thought it was loosely based on Atlas Shrugged imagery...or could fit with that book pretty well...
I think the "love" in the verses is less romantic and more brotherly...it's about a guy who finds himself in a family, or community, or world where he's surrounded by ppl who depend on him, but he's getting sick of lending a hand...especially since he already feels like he's "holding up the world"...
The "fly away" part seems to express his need to leave, but he wants an assurance he'll still be able to keep in contact with the people he values in his current situation...(it would also fit nicely with the Atlas Shrugged elements of the Hidden Valley and Dagny's plane crash, but maybe I'm just being a little too hopeful there).
I just heard this song for the first time in years...completely forgot how great it was...
And I have a totally different take on it...I always thought it was loosely based on Atlas Shrugged imagery...or could fit with that book pretty well...
I think the "love" in the verses is less romantic and more brotherly...it's about a guy who finds himself in a family, or community, or world where he's surrounded by ppl who depend on him, but he's getting sick of lending a hand...especially since he already feels like he's "holding up the world"...
The "fly away" part seems to express his need to leave, but he wants an assurance he'll still be able to keep in contact with the people he values in his current situation...(it would also fit nicely with the Atlas Shrugged elements of the Hidden Valley and Dagny's plane crash, but maybe I'm just being a little too hopeful there).