"You don't form in the wet sand" was actually a line and tune that John had in his head for awhile. Anthony heard him mumbling it over and over and asked if he could use it. I think that Anthony used it and added lyrics that show his inability to connect with his significant others on a permanant basis. This has been shown in his many serious, but unlasting relationships. A lot of the lines are hopeful, but followed by feelings of disconnect, which comes to a head in the chorus at the end of the song.
The outro by John is my favorite guitar solo ever in the history of the world!
Infact my favourite part is the wicked guitar sound with the whistling.
Infact my favourite part is the wicked guitar sound with the whistling.
I like to think about it in terms of sandcastles on construction, ie of the permanence and endurability of relationships.... The one is the "wet sand" forms only briefly before being washed away by the tide, no matter how much effort you put into building it is still formed on wet sand.
I like to think about it in terms of sandcastles on construction, ie of the permanence and endurability of relationships.... The one is the "wet sand" forms only briefly before being washed away by the tide, no matter how much effort you put into building it is still formed on wet sand.
That said, it is John's thought, and was clearly meaningful to him (after all he had a page of lyrics, and really drove the melody and rearranged the...
That said, it is John's thought, and was clearly meaningful to him (after all he had a page of lyrics, and really drove the melody and rearranged the chord progressions)... Obviously has a very different meaning to John, as Anthony just took those words, and worked backwards incorporating ideas of love and drugs, which clashed with John's perception. I think the wicked outtro was John putting his own stamp of meaning on the song
"You don't form in the wet sand" was actually a line and tune that John had in his head for awhile. Anthony heard him mumbling it over and over and asked if he could use it. I think that Anthony used it and added lyrics that show his inability to connect with his significant others on a permanant basis. This has been shown in his many serious, but unlasting relationships. A lot of the lines are hopeful, but followed by feelings of disconnect, which comes to a head in the chorus at the end of the song.
The outro by John is my favorite guitar solo ever in the history of the world!
@rhcpayne - agree with this comment.
@rhcpayne - agree with this comment.
Infact my favourite part is the wicked guitar sound with the whistling.
Infact my favourite part is the wicked guitar sound with the whistling.
I like to think about it in terms of sandcastles on construction, ie of the permanence and endurability of relationships.... The one is the "wet sand" forms only briefly before being washed away by the tide, no matter how much effort you put into building it is still formed on wet sand.
I like to think about it in terms of sandcastles on construction, ie of the permanence and endurability of relationships.... The one is the "wet sand" forms only briefly before being washed away by the tide, no matter how much effort you put into building it is still formed on wet sand.
That said, it is John's thought, and was clearly meaningful to him (after all he had a page of lyrics, and really drove the melody and rearranged the...
That said, it is John's thought, and was clearly meaningful to him (after all he had a page of lyrics, and really drove the melody and rearranged the chord progressions)... Obviously has a very different meaning to John, as Anthony just took those words, and worked backwards incorporating ideas of love and drugs, which clashed with John's perception. I think the wicked outtro was John putting his own stamp of meaning on the song