My interpretation of this song is a very powerful message about life in the 21st century. The setting is maybe Malibu? The opening scene is a beach. "babies on beach blankets heading to Mars" is the young teen girls who are suntanning on the beach, a million miles away in their own little world. Their entire future is ahead of them, and they ponder the possibilities of what lies ahead..Mars maybe? "cute boys in crewcuts, dayglow surfboards" ..self explanatory. The pretty lady in a bikini with bright eyes and smashed out window pane teeth, is obviously a reference to herself. She's right there with the Babies and cute boys, trying to fix her dreams with all the latest fads and trends..
The refrain brings in a whole new concept, and begins to define the message of the song. I believe the actual lyric is "there's a WIDE wall, we can't see over now..." We can't see over it because it is wide. Even if we jump or climb to the top of the wall, we can't see over it, the wall is too wide. But it's okay because we are "still learning" and "mistakes are allowed" when you are a "satellite." When you think of a satellite, it orbits around something... in this case, it is the life experience we are all orbiting around, not fully understanding why we are here, what we are to do, what is the meaning and purpose... we are just revolving around life, like a satellite.
In the meantime... here we are, trying to be "perfect" for who? what? why? The song goes on to challenge those with "hollow souls" ...choked from their natural spiritual requirements and caught up in the latest trends and fads. Then it finally rests on an interesting plea to someone (or something) to fix her broken heart. I believe she is saying we (as satellites) tend to revolve around whomever provides facilitation of our wants, needs, desires in life. It is a very interesting song on so many levels.
My interpretation of this song is a very powerful message about life in the 21st century. The setting is maybe Malibu? The opening scene is a beach. "babies on beach blankets heading to Mars" is the young teen girls who are suntanning on the beach, a million miles away in their own little world. Their entire future is ahead of them, and they ponder the possibilities of what lies ahead..Mars maybe? "cute boys in crewcuts, dayglow surfboards" ..self explanatory. The pretty lady in a bikini with bright eyes and smashed out window pane teeth, is obviously a reference to herself. She's right there with the Babies and cute boys, trying to fix her dreams with all the latest fads and trends..
The refrain brings in a whole new concept, and begins to define the message of the song. I believe the actual lyric is "there's a WIDE wall, we can't see over now..." We can't see over it because it is wide. Even if we jump or climb to the top of the wall, we can't see over it, the wall is too wide. But it's okay because we are "still learning" and "mistakes are allowed" when you are a "satellite." When you think of a satellite, it orbits around something... in this case, it is the life experience we are all orbiting around, not fully understanding why we are here, what we are to do, what is the meaning and purpose... we are just revolving around life, like a satellite.
In the meantime... here we are, trying to be "perfect" for who? what? why? The song goes on to challenge those with "hollow souls" ...choked from their natural spiritual requirements and caught up in the latest trends and fads. Then it finally rests on an interesting plea to someone (or something) to fix her broken heart. I believe she is saying we (as satellites) tend to revolve around whomever provides facilitation of our wants, needs, desires in life. It is a very interesting song on so many levels.