This one has been bugging me so I'll give it a shot:
Fagen and Becker have a history of simplifying their explanations like most artists.
You've got three verses and the final one is extremely complex to figure out.
The first verse he talks about going into the cave as a kid. He's exploring doing what kids do.
The second verse he talks about the cave paintings he found.
The verse explains they were written because they were aware of their mortality and they wrote it for us to see and for us to understand them.
The last verse he has visited the cave as an adult and he is the cave paintings. He's aware of his mortality. He's become them. Now I step out in the sun he leaves the cave.
This one has been bugging me so I'll give it a shot:
Fagen and Becker have a history of simplifying their explanations like most artists.
You've got three verses and the final one is extremely complex to figure out.
The first verse he talks about going into the cave as a kid. He's exploring doing what kids do.
The second verse he talks about the cave paintings he found.
The verse explains they were written because they were aware of their mortality and they wrote it for us to see and for us to understand them.
The last verse he has visited the cave as an adult and he is the cave paintings. He's aware of his mortality. He's become them. Now I step out in the sun he leaves the cave.