This song is just about the moment when you realize that nothing about our existence makes any sense, and all the devices you used to anchor yourself and make you feel okay about your situation are also equally lacking in meaning. As a child, we all just accept our environment and relish in it, enjoying existence unquestioningly, but as we grow up and begin to mature we get to the point where we can see the truth about ourselves (that we are ephemeral organisms which don't have the capacity to learn anything about our origins." "We arrive at this place of no return" - innocence is lost, you can never return once this realization has set in. We realize that we have been deceived by our own minds that we have control and understanding, when in reality there is none. Talking about how everything is relative is acknowledging that all that we know is based off of observations which are based off of observations of other things. Everything is comparable to something else, and everything exists in relativity to other things. It's really all about how YOU look at it. "subservient in total to one's perspective"
I like your interpretation. Like many Bad Religion songs, I think this one is future-oriented. Epiphany refers to a feeling of wonder or amazement upon making a new discovery. Usually this is a positive emotion, as when Salk discovered the Polio vaccine or Watson and Crick proposed a model for DNA. In my opinion, Graffin is trying to say that, as we gain a fuller understanding of the world around us, many discoveries no longer provide satisfaction. In keeping with his environmentalist sentiments, this would imply that limited resources, climate change, overpopulation, etc. are "epiphanies" that "run us...
I like your interpretation. Like many Bad Religion songs, I think this one is future-oriented. Epiphany refers to a feeling of wonder or amazement upon making a new discovery. Usually this is a positive emotion, as when Salk discovered the Polio vaccine or Watson and Crick proposed a model for DNA. In my opinion, Graffin is trying to say that, as we gain a fuller understanding of the world around us, many discoveries no longer provide satisfaction. In keeping with his environmentalist sentiments, this would imply that limited resources, climate change, overpopulation, etc. are "epiphanies" that "run us aground, on the shoal in the sea of what we could be." Basically, we are discovering that our discoveries and inventions also have negative consequences on the world we inhabit. Just my thoughts.
This song is just about the moment when you realize that nothing about our existence makes any sense, and all the devices you used to anchor yourself and make you feel okay about your situation are also equally lacking in meaning. As a child, we all just accept our environment and relish in it, enjoying existence unquestioningly, but as we grow up and begin to mature we get to the point where we can see the truth about ourselves (that we are ephemeral organisms which don't have the capacity to learn anything about our origins." "We arrive at this place of no return" - innocence is lost, you can never return once this realization has set in. We realize that we have been deceived by our own minds that we have control and understanding, when in reality there is none. Talking about how everything is relative is acknowledging that all that we know is based off of observations which are based off of observations of other things. Everything is comparable to something else, and everything exists in relativity to other things. It's really all about how YOU look at it. "subservient in total to one's perspective"
I like your interpretation. Like many Bad Religion songs, I think this one is future-oriented. Epiphany refers to a feeling of wonder or amazement upon making a new discovery. Usually this is a positive emotion, as when Salk discovered the Polio vaccine or Watson and Crick proposed a model for DNA. In my opinion, Graffin is trying to say that, as we gain a fuller understanding of the world around us, many discoveries no longer provide satisfaction. In keeping with his environmentalist sentiments, this would imply that limited resources, climate change, overpopulation, etc. are "epiphanies" that "run us...
I like your interpretation. Like many Bad Religion songs, I think this one is future-oriented. Epiphany refers to a feeling of wonder or amazement upon making a new discovery. Usually this is a positive emotion, as when Salk discovered the Polio vaccine or Watson and Crick proposed a model for DNA. In my opinion, Graffin is trying to say that, as we gain a fuller understanding of the world around us, many discoveries no longer provide satisfaction. In keeping with his environmentalist sentiments, this would imply that limited resources, climate change, overpopulation, etc. are "epiphanies" that "run us aground, on the shoal in the sea of what we could be." Basically, we are discovering that our discoveries and inventions also have negative consequences on the world we inhabit. Just my thoughts.
And, whatever it means, it's a great song with a tremendous riff and melody!
And, whatever it means, it's a great song with a tremendous riff and melody!