Buddhists commonly refer to unenlightened individuals as "sleeping"
Maynard is somewhat of an enlightened individual.
When you are an unenlightened person, you identify yourself with your body, with your brain, with your ego. When you see the truth, you are free and "awake."
He probably fell in love with a woman, and desperately tried to show her his beliefs and it simply didn't work. She was far too "poisoned" and "deluded" for him to bring her into a higher state of awareness.
... of course everything maynard writes is meant to be open and relative to each individuals life. However, when he wrote this song, he was coming from a place of spirituality and enlightenment. I'm surprised so many people have so much trouble interpreting many of these (seemingly easy) songs.
Buddhists commonly refer to unenlightened individuals as "sleeping"
Maynard is somewhat of an enlightened individual.
When you are an unenlightened person, you identify yourself with your body, with your brain, with your ego. When you see the truth, you are free and "awake."
He probably fell in love with a woman, and desperately tried to show her his beliefs and it simply didn't work. She was far too "poisoned" and "deluded" for him to bring her into a higher state of awareness.
... of course everything maynard writes is meant to be open and relative to each individuals life. However, when he wrote this song, he was coming from a place of spirituality and enlightenment. I'm surprised so many people have so much trouble interpreting many of these (seemingly easy) songs.
just thought of it the same way you did
just thought of it the same way you did
@Mintyfresh This is what I imagined when listening to this song. Glad to see others have the same thoughts.
@Mintyfresh This is what I imagined when listening to this song. Glad to see others have the same thoughts.