its interesting how there are many meanings packed together: her boyfriend (turned 30, arrested nude on beach), detachment to material world, keeping the inner child, not trusting people over 30. some people suggested its also bout a retarded or autist boy
(foam from his tongue, the old men called him insane, ...). but i dont think jefferson airplane would finger point retarded or socalled mentally ill....but rather mean the innocent, hippie way of life, ...which the old may call insane, but lather's a hero to the youth.
some others suggested its contra vietnam war, (seargant ...commanding his tank, trashing air with his hand>>helicopter sound, ...), and about a veteran, which is also possible. its also bout drugs (snorting the best licks in town).
then: why is the seargant called dow jones-like the stock index>is she making fun?(anticapitalist)
another thing i noticed, since my mother tongue is not english, and its the first time i looked up the lyrics, after knowing the song for so many years, ... grace has a way to prolong and intonate the words, that i used to get the song a bit different (....may this be intended her being on drugs???)...like its a mind expansion when people can play with language, so you hear 2 meanings, ...
i dont know if this is the case here, but would anyone agree?:
1- i always heard 13 instead of 30 due to the intonation (would make more sense)
2- leather chair (sounds like lather)
3- mountains that look like bumps (i heard bombs> reference to the war, atomic bomb)
also i had this interpretation of his mother being very dominant, psychopathic
(sending newspaper clippings, .... i always associated with the letters psychos write(like for ransome, etc.))-
reminding me of my mother. i always thought of myself when i heard this song. a very delicate, freedomloving, fine, artistic soul this lather had, he didnt want to get messed up...
in the last part of the song lather talks to grace as if shes the mother now,
(is it true that im no longer young-"mommy?" from the off, i should have let him go, ...).
but they want to spoil him, maybe some people even want to get him locked up.
the line he hardly knows what game to play, which words to say... refers to the corrupted games of society, where you have to play a role, and say things right, etc....
its interesting how there are many meanings packed together: her boyfriend (turned 30, arrested nude on beach), detachment to material world, keeping the inner child, not trusting people over 30. some people suggested its also bout a retarded or autist boy (foam from his tongue, the old men called him insane, ...). but i dont think jefferson airplane would finger point retarded or socalled mentally ill....but rather mean the innocent, hippie way of life, ...which the old may call insane, but lather's a hero to the youth. some others suggested its contra vietnam war, (seargant ...commanding his tank, trashing air with his hand>>helicopter sound, ...), and about a veteran, which is also possible. its also bout drugs (snorting the best licks in town). then: why is the seargant called dow jones-like the stock index>is she making fun?(anticapitalist) another thing i noticed, since my mother tongue is not english, and its the first time i looked up the lyrics, after knowing the song for so many years, ... grace has a way to prolong and intonate the words, that i used to get the song a bit different (....may this be intended her being on drugs???)...like its a mind expansion when people can play with language, so you hear 2 meanings, ... i dont know if this is the case here, but would anyone agree?: 1- i always heard 13 instead of 30 due to the intonation (would make more sense) 2- leather chair (sounds like lather) 3- mountains that look like bumps (i heard bombs> reference to the war, atomic bomb)
also i had this interpretation of his mother being very dominant, psychopathic (sending newspaper clippings, .... i always associated with the letters psychos write(like for ransome, etc.))- reminding me of my mother. i always thought of myself when i heard this song. a very delicate, freedomloving, fine, artistic soul this lather had, he didnt want to get messed up... in the last part of the song lather talks to grace as if shes the mother now, (is it true that im no longer young-"mommy?" from the off, i should have let him go, ...). but they want to spoil him, maybe some people even want to get him locked up.
the line he hardly knows what game to play, which words to say... refers to the corrupted games of society, where you have to play a role, and say things right, etc....
its a song against establishment definetly.