This track is about the the moment of realizing harsh truth and deception, inspired by the idiom "scales fell from my eyes," signifying a profound moment of clarity where a misleading situation's reality becomes clear, often with a darker undertone, as frontman Myles Kennedy explains, similar to seeing something's true, less pleasant nature. The song captures the emotional impact of this disillusionment and the struggle to accept a shattered reality, with lyrics suggesting themes of lost innocence, betrayal, and the difficult journey to find inner strength amidst personal turmoil.
This track is about the the moment of realizing harsh truth and deception, inspired by the idiom "scales fell from my eyes," signifying a profound moment of clarity where a misleading situation's reality becomes clear, often with a darker undertone, as frontman Myles Kennedy explains, similar to seeing something's true, less pleasant nature. The song captures the emotional impact of this disillusionment and the struggle to accept a shattered reality, with lyrics suggesting themes of lost innocence, betrayal, and the difficult journey to find inner strength amidst personal turmoil.
I think there are some very good meanings so I'm not going to add to them. It's obvious everyone believes this is a great song and I agree. It's so very compelling and relevant. I think they'll be talking about it for a long and they already have.
I think there are some very good meanings so I'm not going to add to them. It's obvious everyone believes this is a great song and I agree. It's so very compelling and relevant. I think they'll be talking about it for a long and they already have.
Just thought I would throw in my 2 cents to this discussion. During my high school years, I was instantly hooked on Supertramp with Take The Long Way Home. I have all their albums and just listening to this song right now and their older stuff is so much more creative and their sound very distinctive. I always lean more towards Roger's lyrics/songs since they relate more to me, then Rick's lyrics. Both are spectacular and they made a fantastic team together and was very saddened by their break up since they had a lot of good music to create...
Just thought I would throw in my 2 cents to this discussion. During my high school years, I was instantly hooked on Supertramp with Take The Long Way Home. I have all their albums and just listening to this song right now and their older stuff is so much more creative and their sound very distinctive. I always lean more towards Roger's lyrics/songs since they relate more to me, then Rick's lyrics. Both are spectacular and they made a fantastic team together and was very saddened by their break up since they had a lot of good music to create together but do understand both sides of the story. Supertramp will alwasy be my number one group and did see them when it was without Roger in the band in Toronto, Ontario. They were so good live and too bad I didn't catch them at their peak during the Breakfast In America. Love this song and many, many others....
It's about Mary Ann from Gilligan's Island. She left for a three hour tour and never came back.
It's about Mary Ann from Gilligan's Island. She left for a three hour tour and never came back.