I thought it was about a guy tripping on acid And the whole army/soldier thing being just a metaphor. I thought that because before the song the man says:"What you're listening to are musicians performing psychedelic music under the influence of a mind altering chemical called..." I also thought that maybe LSD produces something similar to synesthesia (I'm just guessing I've never taken acid). Another reason why I thought that was because at the end of the song Steven says - "Feeling good. Feeling free." Which sounds like how someone might feel under the influence of psychedelics.
It's just an opinion, I'm not sure that it's true.
I thought it was about a guy tripping on acid And the whole army/soldier thing being just a metaphor. I thought that because before the song the man says:"What you're listening to are musicians performing psychedelic music under the influence of a mind altering chemical called..." I also thought that maybe LSD produces something similar to synesthesia (I'm just guessing I've never taken acid). Another reason why I thought that was because at the end of the song Steven says - "Feeling good. Feeling free." Which sounds like how someone might feel under the influence of psychedelics. It's just an opinion, I'm not sure that it's true.