Lyric discussion by aehart 

Cover art for Lotus lyrics by Cage the Elephant

Can't believe there aren't any comments. This song is amazing.

The Buddha's direct inspiration for developing a philosophy on life / god / evolution was seeing a lotus flower. "The Lotus flower's got me thinking about the way that we live."

In which the Buddha said after he picked up the lotus' inspiration: "Like the lotus, you experience three primary stages of evolution. The first is marked by ignorance and darkness, when you lie below the dense mud - a closed chysalis - which, by nature of existence, will eventually be pulled upwards by the warmth of the Sun. The second is exemplified by the climb through the clouded waters of...