This song is amazing, but the lyrics are not straight forward. The lyrics must be read in context of the whole album, particularly the first and last songs, "Tom Sawyer" and "Vital Signs". Their next album, "Signals," carried on the same theme. It is said of "Today's Tom Sawyer" that his "skies are wide" and his "eyes are wide", as would be"wide angle watchers" as mentioned in "Camera Eye". All others seem oblivious of such things as beauty and quality. The most difficult phrase is:
Pavements may team with intense energy
But the city is calm in this violent sea.
What is "this violent sea"? Is the violent sea this general disconnect, this general oblivion to what is mentioned in "Tom Sawyer":
The world is
The world is
Love and Life are deep.
This "focus is sharp in the city."
The last song, "Vital Signs", identifies the many various indications of this general disconnect and concludes that "Everybody has to elevate from the norm".
This song is amazing, but the lyrics are not straight forward. The lyrics must be read in context of the whole album, particularly the first and last songs, "Tom Sawyer" and "Vital Signs". Their next album, "Signals," carried on the same theme. It is said of "Today's Tom Sawyer" that his "skies are wide" and his "eyes are wide", as would be"wide angle watchers" as mentioned in "Camera Eye". All others seem oblivious of such things as beauty and quality. The most difficult phrase is: Pavements may team with intense energy But the city is calm in this violent sea.
What is "this violent sea"? Is the violent sea this general disconnect, this general oblivion to what is mentioned in "Tom Sawyer": The world is The world is Love and Life are deep. This "focus is sharp in the city." The last song, "Vital Signs", identifies the many various indications of this general disconnect and concludes that "Everybody has to elevate from the norm".