Oh, how is it that I could come out to you,
And be still floatin',
And never hit bottom but keep falling through,
Just relaxed and paying attention?

All my two-dimensional boundaries were gone,
I had lost to them badly,
I saw that world crumble and thought I was dead,
But I found my senses still working.

And as I continued to drop through the hole,
I found all surrounding,
To show me that joy innocently is,
Just be quiet and feel it around you.

And I opened my heart to the whole universe,
And I found it was loving,
And I saw the great blunder my teachers had made,
Scientific delirium madness.

I will keep falling as long as I live,
Ah, without ending,
And I will remember the place that is now,
That has ended before the beginning ...

Oh, how is it that I could come out to you,
And be still floatin',
And never hit bottom but keep falling through,
Just relaxed and paying attention?



Lyrics submitted by AngelDust20

Track duration: 02:33


5D (Fifth Dimension) song meanings
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    General Comment:It isn't about LSD...check this link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…

    I can see why people might think it was, but so many of those songs in the 60s were written to mean something OTHER than drugs but they were ambiguous enough that people could apply their own 'meanings'.
    Flag SchreibStangon February 29, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:McGuinn's fascination with things spacey and sci-fi.
    Flag rosiekzon March 15, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:I adore every second of this song.
    Flag DCBA25on May 06, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:To me, this song describes perfectly that wonderful, peaceful feeling you get when you're high on pot. When i'm high, and I play this song, it fills me with an indescribably beautiful peaceful wonderful emotion. You know? When everything is alright, when you can feel love and beauty in everything, when you're in such a beautiful, peacecul mindset, and the sheer beauty of the music just makes you wanna cry?
    That's what this song means to me. It's a beautiful song, and it's totally under-rated.
    Flag wilkes85on July 23, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:okay i guess i'll pop the comment cherry of one of the greatest and most underrated songs by one of the most underrated bands of the 60's. the byrds are amazing! btw the song is about lsd.
    Flag voteformnmontrlon July 27, 2005   Link

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