I might be looking into this a bit too much, but i think this song is about ego death. for those of you who don't know what ego death is, it's an altered state of mind commonly achieved under the influence of acid or mushrooms. while in the "ego death state of mind" you're ego, who you are, literally dies, and you feel overtaken by this primordial force and every moment, with some people for the rest of their lives, feels extremely surreal. its the ultimate realization that the ego is an illusion. its very hard to explain, but everything seems fake. this would explain the lyrics "it overtakes me" followed by "you know that it isn't real." the end of the song also goes with the whole ego death thing. after one goes through ego death their perception of reality and the universe may alter dramatically. looking up at the sky with this new perspective and really looking can be the scariest thing ever. its hard to make sense of anything post ego death. thats just my theory. ive gone through a lot of flaming lips lyrics and have found many many songs that are potentially about ego death. it's a pretty common theme for them.
I totally get ya man. its like overtakes me is the substance starting to take its course. and the second half almost completely replicates how one views things under an ego death. And I'm there
Looking up at the sky
And I'm scared
Thinking about the way that I
I don't understand
I totally get ya man. its like overtakes me is the substance starting to take its course. and the second half almost completely replicates how one views things under an ego death. And I'm there
Looking up at the sky
And I'm scared
Thinking about the way that I
I don't understand
I might be looking into this a bit too much, but i think this song is about ego death. for those of you who don't know what ego death is, it's an altered state of mind commonly achieved under the influence of acid or mushrooms. while in the "ego death state of mind" you're ego, who you are, literally dies, and you feel overtaken by this primordial force and every moment, with some people for the rest of their lives, feels extremely surreal. its the ultimate realization that the ego is an illusion. its very hard to explain, but everything seems fake. this would explain the lyrics "it overtakes me" followed by "you know that it isn't real." the end of the song also goes with the whole ego death thing. after one goes through ego death their perception of reality and the universe may alter dramatically. looking up at the sky with this new perspective and really looking can be the scariest thing ever. its hard to make sense of anything post ego death. thats just my theory. ive gone through a lot of flaming lips lyrics and have found many many songs that are potentially about ego death. it's a pretty common theme for them.
I totally get ya man. its like overtakes me is the substance starting to take its course. and the second half almost completely replicates how one views things under an ego death. And I'm there Looking up at the sky And I'm scared Thinking about the way that I I don't understand
I totally get ya man. its like overtakes me is the substance starting to take its course. and the second half almost completely replicates how one views things under an ego death. And I'm there Looking up at the sky And I'm scared Thinking about the way that I I don't understand