What's interesting about this song is how 1) it's so tied to a place and time, for me, and 2) it really highlights how often a song can induce you to project on it; particularly when you're young (as I was when I first heard it).
I'd fairly regularly visit a school chum, Mark Higdon, and he had a tidy li'l collection of real "period", hipster stuff, like Steppenwolf and The Amboy Dukes, and suchlike.
And we listened to "The Second" fairly regularly... and this song really stuck out.
At the time, I could only make out some of the lyrics... and I have to add, I question the veracity of some of the lyrics posted above!
And my impression was a mix of bits that I felt I could construe, plus the "catchiness" of the riff and arrangement.
And those bits seemed to be relating how a person can emotionally react to a realization of the passage of time and the finiteness of our lives.
Is there more to it than that? Could be, but I'll have to reflect a bit more, then come back. But I thought it worth relating my teenaged response to this song.
What's interesting about this song is how 1) it's so tied to a place and time, for me, and 2) it really highlights how often a song can induce you to project on it; particularly when you're young (as I was when I first heard it).
I'd fairly regularly visit a school chum, Mark Higdon, and he had a tidy li'l collection of real "period", hipster stuff, like Steppenwolf and The Amboy Dukes, and suchlike.
And we listened to "The Second" fairly regularly... and this song really stuck out.
At the time, I could only make out some of the lyrics... and I have to add, I question the veracity of some of the lyrics posted above!
And my impression was a mix of bits that I felt I could construe, plus the "catchiness" of the riff and arrangement.
And those bits seemed to be relating how a person can emotionally react to a realization of the passage of time and the finiteness of our lives.
Is there more to it than that? Could be, but I'll have to reflect a bit more, then come back. But I thought it worth relating my teenaged response to this song.