Head Is a Flame (Cool With It) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by gandalf215 

Cover art for Head Is a Flame (Cool With It) lyrics by Portugal. The Man

It tells the story of a child born into a contrived life and his path to enlightenment, escaping the boundaries of expected societal norms and realizing true freedom. Growing up he is molded into following a certain path, but through his own experiences starts to feel this burning sensation in his head. Something is "strange" and unnatural about what he is supposed to care about, especially money. What is this paper that people will do almost anything to acquire? Apathy and anger builds over the constructed trivial nature of human existence. This sensation moves from the head to the entire body until it is bursting from his eyes. He sees everything around him for what it actually is. He is reborn as a child of the universe. He is enlightened and now engrossed with what he sees to be truth and natural. Notice the change to the past tense... "My head was a flame". He is at peace with his existence and has rediscovered himself and what it means to be alive.

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