"Yes, my body did just as you implied,
while some ghost we'll call "I" idly watched through its eyes,"
If the elephant is God, her body could refer to the church upon which actions the non-believing world judges God, while the Elephants ghost (the holy spirit) idly watched though it's eyes.
putting this together with the song "goodbye, i," i think what's being said is that the actual thing that is "self" is beyond the body. 1 thing stands idly within all bodies, in their limited space & time, but 1 thing transcends all separate individual identities.
putting this together with the song "goodbye, i," i think what's being said is that the actual thing that is "self" is beyond the body. 1 thing stands idly within all bodies, in their limited space & time, but 1 thing transcends all separate individual identities.
but it seems also this song is about multiple things, so this is just one interpretation.
but it seems also this song is about multiple things, so this is just one interpretation.
With, "Yes, my body did just as you implied, while some ghost we'll call "I" idly watched through its eyes." Elephant is saying, "Regardless of what I wanted, I did what should have and needed to be done."
With, "Yes, my body did just as you implied, while some ghost we'll call "I" idly watched through its eyes." Elephant is saying, "Regardless of what I wanted, I did what should have and needed to be done."
"Yes, my body did just as you implied, while some ghost we'll call "I" idly watched through its eyes,"
If the elephant is God, her body could refer to the church upon which actions the non-believing world judges God, while the Elephants ghost (the holy spirit) idly watched though it's eyes.
putting this together with the song "goodbye, i," i think what's being said is that the actual thing that is "self" is beyond the body. 1 thing stands idly within all bodies, in their limited space & time, but 1 thing transcends all separate individual identities.
putting this together with the song "goodbye, i," i think what's being said is that the actual thing that is "self" is beyond the body. 1 thing stands idly within all bodies, in their limited space & time, but 1 thing transcends all separate individual identities.
but it seems also this song is about multiple things, so this is just one interpretation.
but it seems also this song is about multiple things, so this is just one interpretation.
With, "Yes, my body did just as you implied, while some ghost we'll call "I" idly watched through its eyes." Elephant is saying, "Regardless of what I wanted, I did what should have and needed to be done."
With, "Yes, my body did just as you implied, while some ghost we'll call "I" idly watched through its eyes." Elephant is saying, "Regardless of what I wanted, I did what should have and needed to be done."