I think it's about us all being human. We all suffer in so many ways as human beings do. I especially like the lines:
In so many ways we exalt and fail as one
In so many ways we want so bad to be done
In so many ways we show our pain in unison
Because it says that we all try to become something (like a doctor or a teacher or whatever) and we all fail sometimes. And we do it all in unison, because we are all the same, in well.. so many ways.
I think this song is very philosophic. The first line refers to Socrates "Allegory of the Cave" (written down by Plato.) "I can see the shadows on the wall" refers to the people in the metaphor who have been chained and facing a wall their entire lives, their only glimpse of other things the shadows on the wall of other peoples movements. Therefore Greg puts himself in the position of one of these people, which indicates his philosophic belief that we know very little about the true reality of our situation. He then goes on the...
I think this song is very philosophic. The first line refers to Socrates "Allegory of the Cave" (written down by Plato.) "I can see the shadows on the wall" refers to the people in the metaphor who have been chained and facing a wall their entire lives, their only glimpse of other things the shadows on the wall of other peoples movements. Therefore Greg puts himself in the position of one of these people, which indicates his philosophic belief that we know very little about the true reality of our situation. He then goes on the say "No one really knows why we die" which is one of the basic premises of the song. In consequence of our complete lack of true understandings, we ignore our ignorance and worship mediocrity and create fantasatic stories to explain our origin. We ignore the fact that our very existence makes us sacred, and that we have great skill (virtuosity.) In so many ways we live to follow the sun, we are ephemeral beings who are compelled to action by external stimuli and who do not reach our true potential.
I think it's about us all being human. We all suffer in so many ways as human beings do. I especially like the lines:
In so many ways we exalt and fail as one In so many ways we want so bad to be done In so many ways we show our pain in unison
Because it says that we all try to become something (like a doctor or a teacher or whatever) and we all fail sometimes. And we do it all in unison, because we are all the same, in well.. so many ways.
I think this song is very philosophic. The first line refers to Socrates "Allegory of the Cave" (written down by Plato.) "I can see the shadows on the wall" refers to the people in the metaphor who have been chained and facing a wall their entire lives, their only glimpse of other things the shadows on the wall of other peoples movements. Therefore Greg puts himself in the position of one of these people, which indicates his philosophic belief that we know very little about the true reality of our situation. He then goes on the...
I think this song is very philosophic. The first line refers to Socrates "Allegory of the Cave" (written down by Plato.) "I can see the shadows on the wall" refers to the people in the metaphor who have been chained and facing a wall their entire lives, their only glimpse of other things the shadows on the wall of other peoples movements. Therefore Greg puts himself in the position of one of these people, which indicates his philosophic belief that we know very little about the true reality of our situation. He then goes on the say "No one really knows why we die" which is one of the basic premises of the song. In consequence of our complete lack of true understandings, we ignore our ignorance and worship mediocrity and create fantasatic stories to explain our origin. We ignore the fact that our very existence makes us sacred, and that we have great skill (virtuosity.) In so many ways we live to follow the sun, we are ephemeral beings who are compelled to action by external stimuli and who do not reach our true potential.