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Anything we should know about your change?
Well there's an ideal inside of me,
That we're nothing at all.
There's nothing threatening controlling me,
In fact there's nothing at all.
And still the wheel turning's all I'll be,
It carries on til you crawl.
You gotta know what you want to be,
But there's no number to call.
You got a feeling nothing here is free,
'Cause you grew up in a mall.
[huh] on t.v.
And you can still hit a ball.
You got a milllion things you want to flee,
Smuggle an ounce in a doll.
I cut you eyes so you can finally see,
That they're nothing at all.
Turns out there's nothing at all.
There must be a flaw in this fatal eye,
Have to contend with all night.
Wasn't alive back in the sixties,
Somehow that was my fault.
I'm just a shell empty as can be,
Yeah, I've got nothing at all.
You want to put your trust in some solid thing,
Yeah, its a drug to us all.
But there's no ideal inside of me,
So I got nothing at all,
No I got nothing at all,
and I got nothing at all.
Must be a fault in this fatal eye,
Have to contend with all night,
Such a danger so we gotta slide,
Into the depths of the salt mine.
There's nothing at all
Well there's an ideal inside of me,
That we're nothing at all.
There's nothing threatening controlling me,
In fact there's nothing at all.
And still the wheel turning's all I'll be,
It carries on til you crawl.
You gotta know what you want to be,
But there's no number to call.
You got a feeling nothing here is free,
'Cause you grew up in a mall.
[huh] on t.v.
And you can still hit a ball.
You got a milllion things you want to flee,
Smuggle an ounce in a doll.
I cut you eyes so you can finally see,
That they're nothing at all.
Turns out there's nothing at all.
There must be a flaw in this fatal eye,
Have to contend with all night.
Wasn't alive back in the sixties,
Somehow that was my fault.
I'm just a shell empty as can be,
Yeah, I've got nothing at all.
You want to put your trust in some solid thing,
Yeah, its a drug to us all.
But there's no ideal inside of me,
So I got nothing at all,
No I got nothing at all,
and I got nothing at all.
Must be a fault in this fatal eye,
Have to contend with all night,
Such a danger so we gotta slide,
Into the depths of the salt mine.
There's nothing at all
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"Well there's an ideal inside of me,
That we're nothing at all."
Buddhists say that there is "no self", like you are nothing at all.
by realizing this you are free:
'There's nothing threatening controlling me,
In fact there's nothing at all.'
the wheel is another idea, and a fairly common symbol plus death rebirth etc. like the cyclical existence carries on till you are a baby again:
'And still the wheel turning's all I'll be,
It carries on til you crawl.'
another idea in Buddhism is that you have to overcome your desires for material things, because the are what controls you and makes you suffer:
'You want to put your trust in some solid thing,
Yeah, its a drug to us all.'
It's basically pretty self-explanatory, but I've no idea about some bits - what does the salt mine mean?
"I see that you can finally see" is actually "You cut your eyes so you can finally see."
And in the chorus, is might be "flaw," but I hear
"There must be a fault in this fable, I
Have to contend with you all night."
And as far as this song being disappointing goes, it's not. The chord progression does sound the see, which really isn't that hard considering it's probably written in the same key. The melody itself is not the same, perhaps the theme, but not the range. Perhaps this song was inspired by Silhouettes, it's not uncommon to manipulate the same tones and themes from a piece that inspired the piece being written.
The song in itself, especially with James' lyricism, is awesome.
Also... in the part originally missed and labeled [huh], I believe it's:
"Your mom, she culled you all on T.V.
and you could still hit a ball."
Seems to me to be referring to someone's wasted childhood, but that the person in question is still alright. I love the use of the word "cull". It seems to imply that the person was ditched by mom. ah, so sad.
As to how this relates to the rest of the song... I have no idea.