I LOVE this song! I think it's incredibly profound, but of course it doesn't seem that way because it's a Spongebob song. My interpretation --
"Patrick, you see I'm growing a mustache
And though I know I must ask you
Does it really make me look like a man?"
Spongebob wants to know if growing a mustache (LOOKING like a grown-up) will really make him BE a grown-up.
"Spongebob, being a manager's a tough job
I hope you're picked
You'll be the best sponge boss they've had
Working like a dog at the Krusty Krab"
Patrick answers that being a man(ager) -- being a real adult with responsibilities -- is tough. It's so much more than just looking the part. In the TV show, Spongebob LOVES working at the Krusty Krab. He does his job because he loves it, not because he wants money or power. Interesting side note -- Wayne Coyne worked at a fast food joint for 12 years before the Lips. I interpret this line to mean that you have to love what you're doing with your life and work with zeal at it (no matter what your personal "Krusty Krab" might be). That kind of living is what it means to be a real adult.
"Now wait a minute
I think we hit a wall
I think we hit a psychic wall"
Psychic wall -- mental block.
"Maybe we're just young
And we won't know until we're old
Too young to free ourselves from this lonely fishbowl"
I take these lines to mean that life can be tough. We might hate our jobs, have troubles with loved ones, get into conflicts with friends. Life can be lonely and when we suffer, we suffer alone. But maybe, the song is saying, we're still too young to know all the answers as to why life can be so unfair. It's only when we're "old" (but then again when do we ever consider ourselves "old"?) that we can find the answers. I take this line to mean that maybe we'll ALWAYS be too young to know the exact answers to life and why life can be crappy and lonely sometimes.
"Some kind of wall
Some kind of psychic wall
Some kind of wall
Some kind of psychic wall we can't get above"
We don't know everything. We will never know everything. We will never have everything we want. I take the "psychic wall" to mean the inability to enjoy life for what it is.
"Come on, let's find a way to be happy
Not like Plankton
He'll never be satisfied
Always complaining about his life
To his computer wife
You'd think he would have found by now
To be thought of as a king
You don't need a crown"
Now the song's saying, screw it. Instead of dwelling needlessly on life's miseries and demanding answers, we should just try to be happy. You'll never be happy complaining all the time and being dissatisfied with what you're missing. To be a king, you don't need loads of money or recognition, you just need to be like Spongebob who loves his "lowly" job as a fry cook, works hard, has fun, stays positive, and savors every moment of his life. :)
I LOVE this song! I think it's incredibly profound, but of course it doesn't seem that way because it's a Spongebob song. My interpretation --
"Patrick, you see I'm growing a mustache And though I know I must ask you Does it really make me look like a man?"
Spongebob wants to know if growing a mustache (LOOKING like a grown-up) will really make him BE a grown-up.
"Spongebob, being a manager's a tough job I hope you're picked You'll be the best sponge boss they've had Working like a dog at the Krusty Krab"
Patrick answers that being a man(ager) -- being a real adult with responsibilities -- is tough. It's so much more than just looking the part. In the TV show, Spongebob LOVES working at the Krusty Krab. He does his job because he loves it, not because he wants money or power. Interesting side note -- Wayne Coyne worked at a fast food joint for 12 years before the Lips. I interpret this line to mean that you have to love what you're doing with your life and work with zeal at it (no matter what your personal "Krusty Krab" might be). That kind of living is what it means to be a real adult.
"Now wait a minute I think we hit a wall I think we hit a psychic wall"
Psychic wall -- mental block.
"Maybe we're just young And we won't know until we're old Too young to free ourselves from this lonely fishbowl"
I take these lines to mean that life can be tough. We might hate our jobs, have troubles with loved ones, get into conflicts with friends. Life can be lonely and when we suffer, we suffer alone. But maybe, the song is saying, we're still too young to know all the answers as to why life can be so unfair. It's only when we're "old" (but then again when do we ever consider ourselves "old"?) that we can find the answers. I take this line to mean that maybe we'll ALWAYS be too young to know the exact answers to life and why life can be crappy and lonely sometimes.
"Some kind of wall Some kind of psychic wall Some kind of wall Some kind of psychic wall we can't get above"
We don't know everything. We will never know everything. We will never have everything we want. I take the "psychic wall" to mean the inability to enjoy life for what it is.
"Come on, let's find a way to be happy Not like Plankton He'll never be satisfied Always complaining about his life To his computer wife You'd think he would have found by now To be thought of as a king You don't need a crown"
Now the song's saying, screw it. Instead of dwelling needlessly on life's miseries and demanding answers, we should just try to be happy. You'll never be happy complaining all the time and being dissatisfied with what you're missing. To be a king, you don't need loads of money or recognition, you just need to be like Spongebob who loves his "lowly" job as a fry cook, works hard, has fun, stays positive, and savors every moment of his life. :)