or to be fair, isn't the song about bungee jumping imagery as a metaphor to convey a deeper meaning?
i think this song came out around the time bungee jumping started growing in popularity.
"Did you see the sky [if not then]
I think it means that we've been lost" if you haven't seen the sky, it means we've lost our connection to nature, being holed up indoors, working/studying/running the rat race/whatnot.
"Maybe one less time is all we need" we need one less time staying indoors-let's go out and enjoy nature under the sky.
"I can't really help it if my tongue's all tied in knots" i've been indoors running the rat race for so long i can't help it if i can't talk straight.
"Jumping off a bridge, it's just the farthest that I've ever been" the coolest, most daring thing i've ever done is bungee jumping (& u should try it with me!)
"Anywhere you go, I'll follow you down"-anywhere you go to bungee-jump, i'll come too.
"Anyplace but those I know by heart" I'll follow you in doing anything except for the boring, repetitive stuff that I've done so many times its like I've memorized it. i.e., let's go do something different, like bungee jumping!
"...but not that far" but not farther (deeper) than ground-level (or sea-level) b/c that would hurt!
"I know we're headed somewhere," as we bungee-jump, we're inevitably heading downward.
"I can see how far we've come" I can see how far we've bungee-jumped just by looking.
"Let's not do the wrong thing and I'll swear it might be fun" lets follow all safety precautions....
"It's a long way down when all the knots we've tied have come undone" if we're not safe and the bungee cord comes loose, it'll be a dangerous, potentially fatal fall.
"How you gonna ever find your place/Running in an artificial pace" how you gonna ever feel good living at a pace artificially set by society (unless you go bungee jumping with me?)
"Are they gonna find us lying face down in the sand" are we going to be found dead at the bottom of the cliff due to a failed/fatal bungee jump?
"So what the hell now, we've already been forever damned" who cares, we're going to die someday (and probably face damnation) anyway, so let's just do it!
isn't this song about bungee jumping?
or to be fair, isn't the song about bungee jumping imagery as a metaphor to convey a deeper meaning?
i think this song came out around the time bungee jumping started growing in popularity.
"Did you see the sky [if not then] I think it means that we've been lost" if you haven't seen the sky, it means we've lost our connection to nature, being holed up indoors, working/studying/running the rat race/whatnot.
"Maybe one less time is all we need" we need one less time staying indoors-let's go out and enjoy nature under the sky.
"I can't really help it if my tongue's all tied in knots" i've been indoors running the rat race for so long i can't help it if i can't talk straight.
"Jumping off a bridge, it's just the farthest that I've ever been" the coolest, most daring thing i've ever done is bungee jumping (& u should try it with me!)
"Anywhere you go, I'll follow you down"-anywhere you go to bungee-jump, i'll come too.
"Anyplace but those I know by heart" I'll follow you in doing anything except for the boring, repetitive stuff that I've done so many times its like I've memorized it. i.e., let's go do something different, like bungee jumping!
"...but not that far" but not farther (deeper) than ground-level (or sea-level) b/c that would hurt!
"I know we're headed somewhere," as we bungee-jump, we're inevitably heading downward.
"I can see how far we've come" I can see how far we've bungee-jumped just by looking.
"Let's not do the wrong thing and I'll swear it might be fun" lets follow all safety precautions....
"It's a long way down when all the knots we've tied have come undone" if we're not safe and the bungee cord comes loose, it'll be a dangerous, potentially fatal fall.
"How you gonna ever find your place/Running in an artificial pace" how you gonna ever feel good living at a pace artificially set by society (unless you go bungee jumping with me?)
"Are they gonna find us lying face down in the sand" are we going to be found dead at the bottom of the cliff due to a failed/fatal bungee jump?
"So what the hell now, we've already been forever damned" who cares, we're going to die someday (and probably face damnation) anyway, so let's just do it!
--Mike
@mliem411 Well-stated. That's how I see it, too.
@mliem411 Well-stated. That's how I see it, too.