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Drivers in the taxicabs. People live their roles. Thirty-five cents. Throw it in the toll. They don't know they're paying what is stealing all their food. They're forced into the melting pot where they're simmered and brewed. He loves being sick but he looks for a cure.
You can call this sane. You can call this eccentric. He marks his books with steak knives. All we are is lunch for the sky. Why can't we be jazz musicians? A little melody will soon be missing. All we are is lunch for the sky.
Let's all play the lottery so we can buy all our dreams. I'm a self-helf video with the worst themes. Everything I wanted was all in a dream. I still wasn't much or was that just how I seem? He loves being sick but he looks for a cure.
I stood back to the countryside. I asked if you'd like to take a ride. My moods came in two stages. God-awful and contagious. I can't tell you what I want to say. The city digested yesterday. Death is not the end it is the cure.
You can call this sane. You can call this eccentric. He marks his books with steak knives. All we are is lunch for the sky. Why can't we be jazz musicians? A little melody will soon be missing. All we are is lunch for the sky.
Let's all play the lottery so we can buy all our dreams. I'm a self-helf video with the worst themes. Everything I wanted was all in a dream. I still wasn't much or was that just how I seem? He loves being sick but he looks for a cure.
I stood back to the countryside. I asked if you'd like to take a ride. My moods came in two stages. God-awful and contagious. I can't tell you what I want to say. The city digested yesterday. Death is not the end it is the cure.
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this song is most definately about the perspective of life and how most people don't really see their impact or lack thereof.
it has a very "fuck the mainstream, fuck conformity, fuck ignorance i'll just do what i want" feel to it. but it isn't angry, it has more of an enlightened tone.
i feel as though it's saying that whatever we do doesn't really matter so why not just live for yourself? you want to use steak knives as book marks? go right ahead! people will either think you're crazy or innovative, but either way what they think doesn't matter. it's about you and what you want to do to make your life as meaningful to yourself as you possibly can. to forget doing what you're supposed to and carve your own path.
because in the end we're nothing. irrelevant. lunch for the sky. duh.
While Socrates lived in Athens, the Oracle of Delphi claimed that there was no person wiser than Socrates. He doubted this claim because he felt that he didn't really know much at all in terms of wisdom. The Oracles claim led Socrates to wander the streets questioning the people of Athens philosophically in order to find a person wiser than him. What he found was that most people truly believed that they held wisdom/knowledge and that is the mistake that Socrates was free of; he did not believe that he knew all that much or was wise.
"Drivers in the taxicabs. People live their roles. Thirty-five cents. Throw it in the toll. They don't know they're paying what is stealing all their food. They're forced into the melting pot where they're simmered and brewed."
These lines reflect how people, even today, especially today, go through life oblivious to their lack of truth. They are trapped by the circumstances around them and their own ignorance, or more appropriately, by their lack of knowledge of their ignorance.
The line "He loves being sick but he looks for a cure" could easily refer to the Socratic belief that death is not to be feared but, rather, in some cases, welcomed or looked forward to.
The next few lines, I believe, refer to the rejection of the established system around you, just as Socrates rejected the political mind-set that Athens was falling into. Also, it can be seen as a statement that without questioning the world around us we become just another piece of fodder in the philosophical dung heap; we just become "lunch for the sky".
"You can call this sane. You can call this eccentric. He marks his books with steak knives. All we are is lunch for the sky."
In questioning the established beliefs around us we come to find that which we truly desire. We find what we are supposed to do with our lives and how we really are meant to live. We find the melody that we otherwise would have missed.
"Why can't we be jazz musicians? A little melody will soon be missing. All we are is lunch for the sky."
Again, the next line reflects Socrates' criticism of the people of Athens for devoting their lives to money, fame, power, and not asking themselves, "Is this really what I want?" You can dream of money, fame, power, and all other worldly desires, but in the end, when you look back on yourself, you might find yourself saying, "Wow, all that time and effort, and I still wasn't much." It leaves you questioning yourself.
"Let's all play the lottery so we can buy all our dreams. I'm a self-helf video with the worst themes. Everything I wanted was all in a dream. I still wasn't much or was that just how I seem? He loves being sick but he looks for a cure."
Socrates had followers in the city of Athens. He would teach those who wanted to learn without accepting any form of payment. This is the philosophical ride he offered. The citizens certainly viewed the teachings of Socrates as "God-awful" yet the youth found it contagious.
"I stood back to the countryside. I asked if you'd like to take a ride. My moods came in two stages. God-awful and contagious."
Despite his will to teach others, the city of Athens had Socrates put to death. This could be seen as the city plunging itself into philosophical darkness, digested by its choice to remain ignorant of its ignorance.
"I can't tell you what I want to say. The city digested yesterday."
On his death bed, Socrates told one of his students that he now owed a debt to Asclepius, the god of curing illness. Socrates believed death to be the cure for life, the release of the soul from its bodily imprisonment.
"Death is not the end it is the cure."
That's just my take on it; sorry for the long post.
I love life, but I look foreward to death.
You can call it what you want, but I will refute the idea that I am wise.
We should look to the inner world for true wisdom.
I criticize those who look to the outer world for success.
I ask those around me, "Do you want to learn?"
The world is dying.
I see this song in a different light. I see it as a parallel to the teachings of Socrates (appropriate given the name of the band).
While Socrates lived in Athens, the Oracle of Delphi claimed that there was no person wiser than Socrates. He doubted this claim because he felt that he didn't really know much at all in terms of wisdom. The Oracles claim led Socrates to wander the streets questioning the people of Athens philosophically in order to find a person wiser than him. What he found was that most people truly believed that they held wisdom/knowledge and that is the mistake that Socrates was free of; he did not believe that he knew all that much or was wise.
"Drivers in the taxicabs. People live their roles. Thirty-five cents. Throw it in the toll. They don't know they're paying what is stealing all their food. They're forced into the melting pot where they're simmered and brewed."
These lines reflect how people, even today, especially today, go through life oblivious to their lack of truth. They are trapped by the circumstances around them and their own ignorance, or more appropriately, by their lack of knowledge of their ignorance.
The line "He loves being sick but he looks for a cure" could easily refer to the Socratic belief that death is not to be feared but, rather, in some cases, welcomed or looked forward to.
The next few lines, I believe, refer to the rejection of the established system around you, just as Socrates rejected the political mind-set that Athens was falling into. Also, it can be seen as a statement that without questioning the world around us we become just another piece of fodder in the philosophical dung heap; we just become "lunch for the sky".
"You can call this sane. You can call this eccentric. He marks his books with steak knives. All we are is lunch for the sky."
In questioning the established beliefs around us we come to find that which we truly desire. We find what we are supposed to do with our lives and how we really are meant to live. We find the melody that we otherwise would have missed.
"Why can't we be jazz musicians? A little melody will soon be missing. All we are is lunch for the sky."
Again, the next line reflects Socrates' criticism of the people of Athens for devoting their lives to money, fame, power, and not asking themselves, "Is this really what I want?" You can dream of money, fame, power, and all other worldly desires, but in the end, when you look back on yourself, you might find yourself saying, "Wow, all that time and effort, and I still wasn't much." It leaves you questioning yourself.
"Let's all play the lottery so we can buy all our dreams. I'm a self-helf video with the worst themes. Everything I wanted was all in a dream. I still wasn't much or was that just how I seem? He loves being sick but he looks for a cure."
Socrates had followers in the city of Athens. He would teach those who wanted to learn without accepting any form of payment. This is the philosophical ride he offered. The citizens certainly viewed the teachings of Socrates as "God-awful" yet the youth found it contagious.
"I stood back to the countryside. I asked if you'd like to take a ride. My moods came in two stages. God-awful and contagious."
Despite his will to teach others, the city of Athens had Socrates put to death. This could be seen as the city plunging itself into philosophical darkness, digested by its choice to remain ignorant of its ignorance.
"I can't tell you what I want to say. The city digested yesterday."
On his death bed, Socrates told one of his students that he now owed a debt to Asclepius, the god of curing illness. Socrates believed death to be the cure for life, the release of the soul from its bodily imprisonment.
"Death is not the end it is the cure."
That's just my take on it; sorry for the long post.
philosophy in Ghost in the Shell
Lunch for the Sky
I love life, but I look foreward to death.
You can call it what you want, but I will refute the idea that I am wise.
We should look to the inner world for true wisdom.
I criticize those who look to the outer world for success.
I ask those around me, "Do you want to learn?"
The world is dying.
I see this song in a different light. I see it as a parallel to the teachings of Socrates (appropriate given the name of the band).
While Socrates lived in Athens, the Oracle of Delphi claimed that there was no person wiser than Socrates. He doubted this claim because he felt that he didn't really know much at all in terms of wisdom. The Oracles claim led Socrates to wander the streets questioning the people of Athens philosophically in order to find a person wiser than him. What he found was that most people truly believed that they held wisdom/knowledge and that is the mistake that Socrates was free of; he did not believe that he knew all that much or was wise.
"Drivers in the taxicabs. People live their roles. Thirty-five cents. Throw it in the toll. They don't know they're paying what is stealing all their food. They're forced into the melting pot where they're simmered and brewed."
These lines reflect how people, even today, especially today, go through life oblivious to their lack of truth. They are trapped by the circumstances around them and their own ignorance, or more appropriately, by their lack of knowledge of their ignorance.
The line "He loves being sick but he looks for a cure" could easily refer to the Socratic belief that death is not to be feared but, rather, in some cases, welcomed or looked forward to.
The next few lines, I believe, refer to the rejection of the established system around you, just as Socrates rejected the political mind-set that Athens was falling into. Also, it can be seen as a statement that without questioning the world around us we become just another piece of fodder in the philosophical dung heap; we just become "lunch for the sky".
"You can call this sane. You can call this eccentric. He marks his books with steak knives. All we are is lunch for the sky."
In questioning the established beliefs around us we come to find that which we truly desire. We find what we are supposed to do with our lives and how we really are meant to live. We find the melody that we otherwise would have missed.
"Why can't we be jazz musicians? A little melody will soon be missing. All we are is lunch for the sky."
Again, the next line reflects Socrates' criticism of the people of Athens for devoting their lives to money, fame, power, and not asking themselves, "Is this really what I want?" You can dream of money, fame, power, and all other worldly desires, but in the end, when you look back on yourself, you might find yourself saying, "Wow, all that time and effort, and I still wasn't much." It leaves you questioning yourself.
"Let's all play the lottery so we can buy all our dreams. I'm a self-helf video with the worst themes. Everything I wanted was all in a dream. I still wasn't much or was that just how I seem? He loves being sick but he looks for a cure."
Socrates had followers in the city of Athens. He would teach those who wanted to learn without accepting any form of payment. This is the philosophical ride he offered. The citizens certainly viewed the teachings of Socrates as "God-awful" yet the youth found it contagious.
"I stood back to the countryside. I asked if you'd like to take a ride. My moods came in two stages. God-awful and contagious."
Despite his will to teach others, the city of Athens had Socrates put to death. This could be seen as the city plunging itself into philosophical darkness, digested by its choice to remain ignorant of its ignorance.
"I can't tell you what I want to say. The city digested yesterday."
On his death bed, Socrates told one of his students that he now owed a debt to Asclepius, the god of curing illness. Socrates believed death to be the cure for life, the release of the soul from its bodily imprisonment.
"Death is not the end it is the cure."
That's just my take on it; sorry for the long post.
And I really like the line
'My moods come in two stages: God-awful and contagious.'
=]
"They don't know they're paying what is stealing all their food."
seemd a little anti-establishment, and then I always thought it was "Marxist books, with steak knives" because the guy is readign Marxist books and is all ready to revel and whatnot. But then again I guess I'm wrong.
dont waste your life just waiting for death i think is the message.