Right, but before it was a single, it was a song, and before it was a song it was a feeling. I have no question that it refers to the years 1967 and 1968, as others have stated. What remains mysterious to me is the dynamic that changed and the oblique references to mind-expansion from the past (1967) that turned into introspection and possibly paranoia or other psychopathic behavior in the presence (1968) and the "I've got to know, can you tell me please don't tell me" of what appears to be a state of mental collapse.
Right, but before it was a single, it was a song, and before it was a song it was a feeling. I have no question that it refers to the years 1967 and 1968, as others have stated. What remains mysterious to me is the dynamic that changed and the oblique references to mind-expansion from the past (1967) that turned into introspection and possibly paranoia or other psychopathic behavior in the presence (1968) and the "I've got to know, can you tell me please don't tell me" of what appears to be a state of mental collapse.