I think this song is about the fast-paced, corporate, urban world. Specifically, how the city life makes it hard to enjoy life.
"Morning bled at the water's edge"
The subject is enjoying a rural, lakeside sunset scene (morning bleeding out to night).
"The city was bringing me down"
Contrasts rural beauty with urban despair.
"And my mind was on a ledge
Saying who's gonna help you now?"
Subject's mind is going crazy, giving up, attempting suicide
"Without sun we pull what feeds us
from the heat that's in between us"
heat = conflict, anger, drama
what feeds us - what sustains us
Modern society places value on drama. We crave it.
"How can we expect to build a boat
Seagulls running everything"
In my interpretation, seagulls ruining everything works better. But it seems like a statement of despair.
"It's all the opposite I think
The ladder runs side to side"
Corporate 'success' is all about 'moving up the ladder' as they say. Yet the lyrics seem to suggest that corporate success is a false and empty success. Hierarchy and rank only separate us from one another. The ladder turned on it's side reminds me of the value of community, side by side with those we care about.
"Enough to make you want a drink
But there's no place to hide"
Alcohol is used as an escape mechanism. But you can't hide from the fact that corporate 'success' is false happiness.
"Watching shadows within shadows within shadows,
They hide their dark self from the sun"
They hide from the sun in their concrete and steel office buildings, in their cubicles. They are (faceless) shadows within the shadows (of downtown skyscrapers). They all walk around seeing each other, but not knowing each other. Everyone is faceless, just another cog in the system.
"And her voice is just a memory you're not fooling anyone."
Mother nature's voice is lost on them.
"Hard. You make it hard. Hard."
Corporate life makes it hard to relax and enjoy the gift of life.
Beautiful interpretation! Its so easy to simply assume that a song is always about loving people, when there is a great big world out there to love and think about. I'm definitely feeling this.
Beautiful interpretation! Its so easy to simply assume that a song is always about loving people, when there is a great big world out there to love and think about. I'm definitely feeling this.
I actually disagree with one of your interpretations, I believe that when he says, "Without sun we pull what feeds us from the heat that's in between us" I think that the sun is the light of hope and drive to keep it going, and "The heat that's in between us" is referring to the passion they have. With out the hope & drive they once had, their passion and love faded away using all of their energy to keep it alive.
I actually disagree with one of your interpretations, I believe that when he says, "Without sun we pull what feeds us from the heat that's in between us" I think that the sun is the light of hope and drive to keep it going, and "The heat that's in between us" is referring to the passion they have. With out the hope & drive they once had, their passion and love faded away using all of their energy to keep it alive.
I think this song is about the fast-paced, corporate, urban world. Specifically, how the city life makes it hard to enjoy life.
"Morning bled at the water's edge" The subject is enjoying a rural, lakeside sunset scene (morning bleeding out to night).
"The city was bringing me down" Contrasts rural beauty with urban despair.
"And my mind was on a ledge Saying who's gonna help you now?" Subject's mind is going crazy, giving up, attempting suicide
"Without sun we pull what feeds us from the heat that's in between us" heat = conflict, anger, drama what feeds us - what sustains us Modern society places value on drama. We crave it.
"How can we expect to build a boat Seagulls running everything" In my interpretation, seagulls ruining everything works better. But it seems like a statement of despair.
"It's all the opposite I think The ladder runs side to side" Corporate 'success' is all about 'moving up the ladder' as they say. Yet the lyrics seem to suggest that corporate success is a false and empty success. Hierarchy and rank only separate us from one another. The ladder turned on it's side reminds me of the value of community, side by side with those we care about.
"Enough to make you want a drink But there's no place to hide" Alcohol is used as an escape mechanism. But you can't hide from the fact that corporate 'success' is false happiness.
"Watching shadows within shadows within shadows, They hide their dark self from the sun" They hide from the sun in their concrete and steel office buildings, in their cubicles. They are (faceless) shadows within the shadows (of downtown skyscrapers). They all walk around seeing each other, but not knowing each other. Everyone is faceless, just another cog in the system.
"And her voice is just a memory you're not fooling anyone." Mother nature's voice is lost on them.
"Hard. You make it hard. Hard." Corporate life makes it hard to relax and enjoy the gift of life.
Beautiful interpretation! Its so easy to simply assume that a song is always about loving people, when there is a great big world out there to love and think about. I'm definitely feeling this.
Beautiful interpretation! Its so easy to simply assume that a song is always about loving people, when there is a great big world out there to love and think about. I'm definitely feeling this.
I actually disagree with one of your interpretations, I believe that when he says, "Without sun we pull what feeds us from the heat that's in between us" I think that the sun is the light of hope and drive to keep it going, and "The heat that's in between us" is referring to the passion they have. With out the hope & drive they once had, their passion and love faded away using all of their energy to keep it alive.
I actually disagree with one of your interpretations, I believe that when he says, "Without sun we pull what feeds us from the heat that's in between us" I think that the sun is the light of hope and drive to keep it going, and "The heat that's in between us" is referring to the passion they have. With out the hope & drive they once had, their passion and love faded away using all of their energy to keep it alive.