This lyric is wonderfully open to individual interpretation.
For a long time, I only saw it as a metaphor for dying, the boy with the sad blue eyes is no longer here, meaning he passed away.
I still want it to be played at my funeral, but recent experiences in my life opened me to the interpretation of iot being about personal transformation.
The boy hasn't died, he's changing and leaving behind his old persona.
The catalyst for my own current growth is a reunion with a long ago love of mine, and as we catch up on all that we have lived and learned in the 35 years since we last saw each other, "checking out each others' supplies" reminds me of how we're sharing the lessons we've learned while we were apart, as well as our potential for future growth.
"Looking at the eyes of all the others standing in the line" is vague and fascinating, but it reminds me of how the two of us are examining the loves we've had since we were together, how we saw them and how they saw us.
This boy who used to want to "vanish to the future or past" is learning to be in the present. He's rising above mere reason and learning to trust his heart. Sometimes it feels so good that he's in the clouds, he feels "seven feet high." Even when the night grips him like a glove, he's still "floating like a dove."
(The dove, a symbol of making peace)
I'm not there yet myself, but for the first time in a long time, I see it as a possibility.
This lyric is wonderfully open to individual interpretation.
For a long time, I only saw it as a metaphor for dying, the boy with the sad blue eyes is no longer here, meaning he passed away.
I still want it to be played at my funeral, but recent experiences in my life opened me to the interpretation of iot being about personal transformation.
The boy hasn't died, he's changing and leaving behind his old persona.
The catalyst for my own current growth is a reunion with a long ago love of mine, and as we catch up on all that we have lived and learned in the 35 years since we last saw each other, "checking out each others' supplies" reminds me of how we're sharing the lessons we've learned while we were apart, as well as our potential for future growth.
"Looking at the eyes of all the others standing in the line" is vague and fascinating, but it reminds me of how the two of us are examining the loves we've had since we were together, how we saw them and how they saw us.
This boy who used to want to "vanish to the future or past" is learning to be in the present. He's rising above mere reason and learning to trust his heart. Sometimes it feels so good that he's in the clouds, he feels "seven feet high." Even when the night grips him like a glove, he's still "floating like a dove."
(The dove, a symbol of making peace)
I'm not there yet myself, but for the first time in a long time, I see it as a possibility.