I love this song. It think that Dawes writes some really amazing pieces. The verse that got me was:
I want to make out all the signs I've been ignoring
How the trees reach for the sky or in the length of someone's hair
'Cause when you don't know where you are going
Any road will take you there
Namely it was that last line. I thought it was brilliant. To me it means freedom. It meant something good. In the song it means confusion, discomfort. I think if you don't worry so much about where you are going you can go where ever you want. But that's me. The wonderful thing about art is that it can mean different things to different people. What sucks it realizing that nothing is original. Thanks Google.
This line was basically lifted from Louis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland.
"Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat.
"I don’t much care where--" said Alice.
"Then it doesn’t matter which way you go," said the Cat.
"--so long as I get SOMEWHERE," Alice added as an explanation.
"Oh, you’re sure to do that," said the Cat, "if you only walk long enough."
And if that wasn't bad enough, George Harrison wrote the line: "If you don't know where you're going, any road'll take you there" as part of the song, "Any Road".
Now I don't know if Dawes stole the idea or came up with it on their own or some combination of the two. My point, and I do want to make one, is it doesn't matter. That is a good line and it bares repeating. That line is worthy of an entire song being written around it. And it think it was.
I love this song. It think that Dawes writes some really amazing pieces. The verse that got me was:
I want to make out all the signs I've been ignoring How the trees reach for the sky or in the length of someone's hair 'Cause when you don't know where you are going Any road will take you there
Namely it was that last line. I thought it was brilliant. To me it means freedom. It meant something good. In the song it means confusion, discomfort. I think if you don't worry so much about where you are going you can go where ever you want. But that's me. The wonderful thing about art is that it can mean different things to different people. What sucks it realizing that nothing is original. Thanks Google.
This line was basically lifted from Louis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland.
"Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?" "That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat. "I don’t much care where--" said Alice. "Then it doesn’t matter which way you go," said the Cat. "--so long as I get SOMEWHERE," Alice added as an explanation. "Oh, you’re sure to do that," said the Cat, "if you only walk long enough."
And if that wasn't bad enough, George Harrison wrote the line: "If you don't know where you're going, any road'll take you there" as part of the song, "Any Road".
Now I don't know if Dawes stole the idea or came up with it on their own or some combination of the two. My point, and I do want to make one, is it doesn't matter. That is a good line and it bares repeating. That line is worthy of an entire song being written around it. And it think it was.