I think that the author sadly recognizes that he and his lover can approximate their experiences of reality - and each other - in only a most imperfect way, gaining while losing something of the world's essence through the filters of language, background (Frost vs. Dickinson, male vc. female), and so forth. The more he may focus his attention on his lover, the more he distorts her, and the more he intellectually transforms her from substance to shadow. Indeed, every analysis of this condition (even this interpretation of these lyrics, even the author's interpretation of his experiences through the writing of these lyrics) creates distance between man and his environs, between one human and another. We tend to adopt the Cartesian subject-object dichotomy, becoming observers of (perhaps more than participants in) our very lives. To inaccurately invoke that old physicist, Heisenberg, the presence of the observer alters the content of that which he observes. It is remarkable that such haunting words were penned by so young a writer.
Your interpretation is excellent. I think the song is rooted in existential philosophy, in which a person needs to take action in order to have a meaningful existence. The couple's dedication to intellectual inquiry leaves them hemmed into the setting of a darkening room. Albert Camus' "The Stranger" depicts a character who also is largely an observer of his world and who fails to use his mind and his will to enlarge his life, but rather he tragically bends to the influence of other characters and circumstances. The estrangement of the couple is very existential, even...
Your interpretation is excellent. I think the song is rooted in existential philosophy, in which a person needs to take action in order to have a meaningful existence. The couple's dedication to intellectual inquiry leaves them hemmed into the setting of a darkening room. Albert Camus' "The Stranger" depicts a character who also is largely an observer of his world and who fails to use his mind and his will to enlarge his life, but rather he tragically bends to the influence of other characters and circumstances. The estrangement of the couple is very existential, even as they discuss the trendy philosophy of "analysis." The song is a call to action.
I think that the author sadly recognizes that he and his lover can approximate their experiences of reality - and each other - in only a most imperfect way, gaining while losing something of the world's essence through the filters of language, background (Frost vs. Dickinson, male vc. female), and so forth. The more he may focus his attention on his lover, the more he distorts her, and the more he intellectually transforms her from substance to shadow. Indeed, every analysis of this condition (even this interpretation of these lyrics, even the author's interpretation of his experiences through the writing of these lyrics) creates distance between man and his environs, between one human and another. We tend to adopt the Cartesian subject-object dichotomy, becoming observers of (perhaps more than participants in) our very lives. To inaccurately invoke that old physicist, Heisenberg, the presence of the observer alters the content of that which he observes. It is remarkable that such haunting words were penned by so young a writer.
Your user name does not fit you ;) LOL. I had to use a dictionary to understand your gifted writing...
Your user name does not fit you ;) LOL. I had to use a dictionary to understand your gifted writing...
Your interpretation is excellent. I think the song is rooted in existential philosophy, in which a person needs to take action in order to have a meaningful existence. The couple's dedication to intellectual inquiry leaves them hemmed into the setting of a darkening room. Albert Camus' "The Stranger" depicts a character who also is largely an observer of his world and who fails to use his mind and his will to enlarge his life, but rather he tragically bends to the influence of other characters and circumstances. The estrangement of the couple is very existential, even...
Your interpretation is excellent. I think the song is rooted in existential philosophy, in which a person needs to take action in order to have a meaningful existence. The couple's dedication to intellectual inquiry leaves them hemmed into the setting of a darkening room. Albert Camus' "The Stranger" depicts a character who also is largely an observer of his world and who fails to use his mind and his will to enlarge his life, but rather he tragically bends to the influence of other characters and circumstances. The estrangement of the couple is very existential, even as they discuss the trendy philosophy of "analysis." The song is a call to action.