| Grateful Dead – Eyes Of The World Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| Yep. And reminders, such as this, help. Other helps are conscious breathing, meditation, etc. What we think, we create for our experience. | |
| Grateful Dead – Eyes Of The World Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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As part of the universe, with the added bonus of having the option to go "astray" (think and choose), we provide a perception that allows creation to continue. Best course to set is towards "joy" |
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| Grateful Dead – Eyes Of The World Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| ! that is one of my favorite recorded versions too. I had the vinyl version 'way back when the cover was white with a taped-on blue sheet with smudged contents. There are some really good versions, and I like what Marsalis had to add. | |
| Grateful Dead – Ship Of Fools Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| I will have to look up that Bosch painting now though, so ... hmm. (Did that Bosch book go in the last yard sale, I wonder?) | |
| Grateful Dead – Ship Of Fools Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| Hmm. I think Robert Hunter was feeling disgusted with something in the US (song is from early '70's but could fit any period). I'd be curious what in particular, back then, set him off. And he was saying to take a stand to not support whatever idiocy had set this off. Ship of fools/ship of state. At sea, mutiny is not taken lightly, so this is a serious decision, to not stand by the supposed leader... Most Dead songs (& Hunter's in particular) tried to stay somewhat apolitical, but occasionally, they got fed up or fired up but it was generally in a way that didn't pin them to any specific time or item of regard. | |
| The Band – All La Glory Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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This is such a sweet song. I remember wanting to learn this for my little girl, as a bedtime song, to send her off. It's almost like a prayer, like so many songs are. "I'm second story" must be something that means something personal to Robbie Robertson, I'd think. Maybe it was something he heard a kid or someone say, meaning that they feel very up or even "high". |
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| Leonard Cohen – Heart with No Companion Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Yeah, that's what I feel to be the gist of it. This is a song of reaching out to those who feel not part of it, who are still striving in their own way. The vantage point of the singer is of one who has been through it and now reaches back to encourage those others who may feel like despairing. A song of encouragement, of urging onward, of not giving up. Because you can get through. Interesting - for a song to reach people in some of their down emotions, the song has to be at that level too, but then the craftsmanship comes through when it perks it up, which I think this song does. It's reaching down low, with a hand out to comfort or assist. |
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| The Beatles – I Want You (She's So Heavy) Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I was around in those days, looking forward to each next Beatles' record. But what seems to be unknown on this forum is that "heavy" was used in a different context then. It meant, like "cool" and "deep" together. It meant, hey, this is not shallow or casual or petty, it's heavy and strong. So, songs were "heavy" with both cool and deep meanings. If someone was heavy, they were deep, had lots of levels and were not easy to fathom. But the song is most likely about Yoko, who was extremely intellectual and an international person of note. John had very strong feelings towards her. He dug her. Deeply, heavily. He still does (ooh - now that's heavy!) | |
| Grateful Dead – Eyes Of The World Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| The song is a nudge, a melodic jolt, to wake up and realize that yep, you (& all the rest of the universe) are here to witness, enjoy and be here. To realize our true nature. Contemplating one's navel would be an analogy. A spiritual message that is becoming more popular: All is God/Universe, we are here to see it from the billions of viewpoints of creation. Older versions of the same story eventually are replaced by the ones that connect now. | |
| Leonard Cohen – Hallelujah Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Saw the Justin Timberlake version, during the Haiti relief effort. It was a good version. I applaud him. Though I like some other versions better, I haven't heard many of those mentioned, so will look for them. I think it's about expressing joy in the face of - well much of life's big in-your-face moments, because those are the moments that will help define one's life, though they be painful, mysterious, or incredible. |
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| Leonard Cohen – Famous Blue Raincoat Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Interesting to find this site, so late! Was searching for interpretations of this song because Jennifer Warnes' version showed up on my CD rotation and found this site. Will look at the site more, it looks interesting. Enjoyed the various interpretations of FBR, but I have my own. I feel close to this song, because 30+ years ago, my wife left our relationship for my best friend. Also, I too checked out Scientology (went away with similar feelings, too), though it was a couple of years later. No doubt about that "going Clear" interpretation though. I think Leonard was trying to describe many-layered feelings. I know at the time, I felt like I was losing two very dear attachments and felt a two deep voids. And I knew that I'd been a party to it, that my wife & I were too young, and becoming somewhat less at ease or attracted to each other - something was missing, the magic was evaporating. I encouraged her to be friends with my friend (she'd expressed that she didn't like him) and I'd tried to get them to be friendly (not sexually - it just went there before too long). So, what are you left with? Feelings of hopelessness, feelings of having brought it on oneself, perhaps feelings of wanting to salvage something? They lived together a few years and split up. My friend & I re-established our friendship, though we now live far from each other. Curiously, at my male friend's wedding 20 years ago to someone else, my ex-wife and I talked briefly. We both had other love interests too by then. She took me aside, apparently, for some kind of apology for the craziness of years before, and said that "I was right about it all" (not sure what exactly). Looking back, - we were young - those were hard lessons of the heart. Much of the FBR lyrics though, evoke the feelings I had when I was trying to be calm, to salvage something (pride?, sanity?, friendships? intimacy? a lesson to move forward with?). I'm glad I chose to try to understand and forgive them - they didn't choose to fall for each other. They both wish they'd been kinder, and told me so years later. That's all I wanted. And this song helps with the wrapping, by the words and somber haunting mood of the music. |
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