My take on this great song, is that it's simply about getting older and wising-up to the world.
"Show me wonder, you can be sure of" - Go on, try and impress me. Show me something I've never seen before.
A few lines remind me of George Carlin's "When you're born you're given a ticket to the freakshow" and how he describes how he doesn't get down looking at the state of the world, by becoming a spectator.
"Sick and pale but
Strangely alive
Broken blood vessels
Line my cheeks
Reflections look bad
And somehow unreal" - I'm not old enough to have the red cheeks of an old man, but it comes to us all. Reflections often do look bad with age and the image of ourselves as we age is more often than not grounded in our primes.
"Found that soul" - I think that's suggestive of an inner contentedness age brings. Despite being knee-deep with all the scum of the world, in a self-made vacuum your soul can be peaceful.
And lastly "Show me wonder" - Seems like a final plea, to feel rejuvenated by wonder a younger person or kid might feel.
My take on this great song, is that it's simply about getting older and wising-up to the world.
"Show me wonder, you can be sure of" - Go on, try and impress me. Show me something I've never seen before.
A few lines remind me of George Carlin's "When you're born you're given a ticket to the freakshow" and how he describes how he doesn't get down looking at the state of the world, by becoming a spectator.
"Sick and pale but Strangely alive Broken blood vessels Line my cheeks Reflections look bad And somehow unreal" - I'm not old enough to have the red cheeks of an old man, but it comes to us all. Reflections often do look bad with age and the image of ourselves as we age is more often than not grounded in our primes.
"Found that soul" - I think that's suggestive of an inner contentedness age brings. Despite being knee-deep with all the scum of the world, in a self-made vacuum your soul can be peaceful.
And lastly "Show me wonder" - Seems like a final plea, to feel rejuvenated by wonder a younger person or kid might feel.