"A soul in tension that's learning to fly"
We are 'souls' (born of 'space'), that have awoken/arrived here on Earth, and have spent eternity trying to learn how to get out into 'space', back where we came from. We are already flying; 'reality' is the wind-swept field.
"Condition grounded but determined to try"
We are stuck 'here' because of our misconceptions about where 'here' actually is.
"Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies"
Always needing to get 'out there', not realizing we've already been and got the t-shirt.
"Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I"
The things we've learned, chosen to believe, and then consider 'known' have trapped us more completely on this planet. We, as a race, are confused and miseducated; repeating what we're told to believe to each successive generation, each generation having slightly less ability to think for themselves and discover REAL truths.
I agree with this. I've always found this song to be about the soul's journey. "Earth-bound misfit" refers to this person who feels trapped here in this world in which he doesn't belong, longing to once again go back out into where he feels he's from, and finally, at the end of the song being able to do so as his life here is finished. The line "out of the corner of my watering eye" is a powerful one. It's as if he were flying above the planet seeing it from space knowing it will be the last time he...
I agree with this. I've always found this song to be about the soul's journey. "Earth-bound misfit" refers to this person who feels trapped here in this world in which he doesn't belong, longing to once again go back out into where he feels he's from, and finally, at the end of the song being able to do so as his life here is finished. The line "out of the corner of my watering eye" is a powerful one. It's as if he were flying above the planet seeing it from space knowing it will be the last time he will ever see it, and the tear shed is because of how splendid the planet looks from that far above, the way it would look to someone passing it by completely unaware what this world is like, all the ignorance here, and all the terrible things that have happened. He leaves it all the same way he arrived, and as he takes one last look he is moved by seeing the actual planet, the same way he would be moved by seeing anything in space (it's that feeling of how splendid the universe is, and the feel of that higher force).
@jgronholz When you said "We, as a race, are confused and miseducated; repeating what we're told to believe to each successive generation, each generation having slightly less ability to think for themselves and discover REAL truths". I like to think why each generation is losing the ability to think for themselves because of the growth of media consumption. As humans we learn from our experiences, mistakes we have made. But now you can sit in your room and learn through a screen from other people's experiences from media or even television or Netflix, which is over simplified. With each generation,...
@jgronholz When you said "We, as a race, are confused and miseducated; repeating what we're told to believe to each successive generation, each generation having slightly less ability to think for themselves and discover REAL truths". I like to think why each generation is losing the ability to think for themselves because of the growth of media consumption. As humans we learn from our experiences, mistakes we have made. But now you can sit in your room and learn through a screen from other people's experiences from media or even television or Netflix, which is over simplified. With each generation, the ability to think for yourself gets more blurry, because the current generation is learning from last generation who makes the media now, and the past generation learned from the generation before them, and so on.
"A soul in tension that's learning to fly" We are 'souls' (born of 'space'), that have awoken/arrived here on Earth, and have spent eternity trying to learn how to get out into 'space', back where we came from. We are already flying; 'reality' is the wind-swept field.
"Condition grounded but determined to try" We are stuck 'here' because of our misconceptions about where 'here' actually is.
"Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies" Always needing to get 'out there', not realizing we've already been and got the t-shirt.
"Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I" The things we've learned, chosen to believe, and then consider 'known' have trapped us more completely on this planet. We, as a race, are confused and miseducated; repeating what we're told to believe to each successive generation, each generation having slightly less ability to think for themselves and discover REAL truths.
Hello, did you ever read "The Present?" You sound like you have :)
Hello, did you ever read "The Present?" You sound like you have :)
I agree with this. I've always found this song to be about the soul's journey. "Earth-bound misfit" refers to this person who feels trapped here in this world in which he doesn't belong, longing to once again go back out into where he feels he's from, and finally, at the end of the song being able to do so as his life here is finished. The line "out of the corner of my watering eye" is a powerful one. It's as if he were flying above the planet seeing it from space knowing it will be the last time he...
I agree with this. I've always found this song to be about the soul's journey. "Earth-bound misfit" refers to this person who feels trapped here in this world in which he doesn't belong, longing to once again go back out into where he feels he's from, and finally, at the end of the song being able to do so as his life here is finished. The line "out of the corner of my watering eye" is a powerful one. It's as if he were flying above the planet seeing it from space knowing it will be the last time he will ever see it, and the tear shed is because of how splendid the planet looks from that far above, the way it would look to someone passing it by completely unaware what this world is like, all the ignorance here, and all the terrible things that have happened. He leaves it all the same way he arrived, and as he takes one last look he is moved by seeing the actual planet, the same way he would be moved by seeing anything in space (it's that feeling of how splendid the universe is, and the feel of that higher force).
@jgronholz When you said "We, as a race, are confused and miseducated; repeating what we're told to believe to each successive generation, each generation having slightly less ability to think for themselves and discover REAL truths". I like to think why each generation is losing the ability to think for themselves because of the growth of media consumption. As humans we learn from our experiences, mistakes we have made. But now you can sit in your room and learn through a screen from other people's experiences from media or even television or Netflix, which is over simplified. With each generation,...
@jgronholz When you said "We, as a race, are confused and miseducated; repeating what we're told to believe to each successive generation, each generation having slightly less ability to think for themselves and discover REAL truths". I like to think why each generation is losing the ability to think for themselves because of the growth of media consumption. As humans we learn from our experiences, mistakes we have made. But now you can sit in your room and learn through a screen from other people's experiences from media or even television or Netflix, which is over simplified. With each generation, the ability to think for yourself gets more blurry, because the current generation is learning from last generation who makes the media now, and the past generation learned from the generation before them, and so on.
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spot on bro...spot on.....we all need to enlighten to the fact that all humans are the endless blue sky and we need to silently come to know it.
spot on bro...spot on.....we all need to enlighten to the fact that all humans are the endless blue sky and we need to silently come to know it.