It seems to me that the song is about an awakening of a person seeing life beyond himself. The part about the cave sounds like he was playing off of the allegory of Plato's cave. Coming into the light, the real world, opening your eyes to see beyond yourself and your own desires.
He realizes that everyone out there in the world has a unique perspective and that in order to be respected, you must give respect to others and their opinions, because they are only as as special as yours. You can whine and complain, but your problems are what you make of them.
@Steph01924 5 years later....this song makes more and more sense. The music has a primitive tone from the rhythm to the actual sound of being in room jamming into a tapedeck recorder. It starts at the end, which is interesting....Eternity smiles is the entire point...only if you reckon with you're own demons, with your own mistakes....basically reckon with yourself to better understand the world around and then...move on. The instrumental is pretty cool and accents the tone of the message...there is a march for the rules and laws of the song...then he drops on the Universe the we are...
@Steph01924 5 years later....this song makes more and more sense. The music has a primitive tone from the rhythm to the actual sound of being in room jamming into a tapedeck recorder. It starts at the end, which is interesting....Eternity smiles is the entire point...only if you reckon with you're own demons, with your own mistakes....basically reckon with yourself to better understand the world around and then...move on. The instrumental is pretty cool and accents the tone of the message...there is a march for the rules and laws of the song...then he drops on the Universe the we are nothing special and the song breaks...then the song uses the same march to deliver another message of greater meaning...and then there's that Trumpet...solo, unrefined, in a room all by itself...but owning it...I'm probably off...but what the hell...it's a great song, and fitting for the time.
This is a great song!
It seems to me that the song is about an awakening of a person seeing life beyond himself. The part about the cave sounds like he was playing off of the allegory of Plato's cave. Coming into the light, the real world, opening your eyes to see beyond yourself and your own desires.
He realizes that everyone out there in the world has a unique perspective and that in order to be respected, you must give respect to others and their opinions, because they are only as as special as yours. You can whine and complain, but your problems are what you make of them.
Nice concept, great instruments in the song.
@Steph01924 5 years later....this song makes more and more sense. The music has a primitive tone from the rhythm to the actual sound of being in room jamming into a tapedeck recorder. It starts at the end, which is interesting....Eternity smiles is the entire point...only if you reckon with you're own demons, with your own mistakes....basically reckon with yourself to better understand the world around and then...move on. The instrumental is pretty cool and accents the tone of the message...there is a march for the rules and laws of the song...then he drops on the Universe the we are...
@Steph01924 5 years later....this song makes more and more sense. The music has a primitive tone from the rhythm to the actual sound of being in room jamming into a tapedeck recorder. It starts at the end, which is interesting....Eternity smiles is the entire point...only if you reckon with you're own demons, with your own mistakes....basically reckon with yourself to better understand the world around and then...move on. The instrumental is pretty cool and accents the tone of the message...there is a march for the rules and laws of the song...then he drops on the Universe the we are nothing special and the song breaks...then the song uses the same march to deliver another message of greater meaning...and then there's that Trumpet...solo, unrefined, in a room all by itself...but owning it...I'm probably off...but what the hell...it's a great song, and fitting for the time.