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I can't sleep when I think about the times we're living in
I can't sleep when I think about the future I was born into
Outsiders dressed up like Sunday morning
With no Berlin wall what the hell you gonna do
It's a new year, I'm glad to be here
It's a fresh spring, so let's sing
In 2080 I'll surely be dead
So don't look ahead, ever look ahead
It's a new year, I'm glad to be here
It's a fresh spring, so let's sing
And the moon shines bright on the water tonight
So we won't drown in the summer sound
If you find me I'll be sitting by the water fountain
Picket signs, letdowns, meltdown on Monday morning
But it's alright, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright
It's alright
Cause in no time, they'll be gone, I guess I'll still be standing here
It's a new year, I'm glad to be here
It's a fresh spring, so let's sing
In 2080 I'll surely be dead
So don't look ahead, ever look ahead
It's a new year, I'm glad to be here
It's a fresh spring, so let's sing
And the moon shines bright on the water tonight
So we won't drown in the summer sound
Yeah, yeah, we can all grab at the chance to be handsome farmers
Yeah you can have twenty-one sons and be blood when they marry my daughters
And the pain that we left at the station will stay in a jar behind us
We can pickle the pain into blue ribbon winners at county contests
It's a new year, I'm glad to be here
It's a fresh spring, so let's sing
In 2080 I'll surely be dead
So don't look ahead, ever look ahead
It's a new year, I'm glad to be here
It's a fresh spring, so let's sing
And the moon shines bright on the water tonight
So we won't drown in the summer sound
Yeah, yeah, we can all grab at the chance to be handsome farmers
Yeah you can have twenty-one sons and be blood when they marry my daughters
And the pain that we left at the station will stay in a jar behind us
We can pickle the pain into blue ribbon winners at county contests
I can't sleep when I think about the future I was born into
Outsiders dressed up like Sunday morning
With no Berlin wall what the hell you gonna do
It's a new year, I'm glad to be here
It's a fresh spring, so let's sing
In 2080 I'll surely be dead
So don't look ahead, ever look ahead
It's a new year, I'm glad to be here
It's a fresh spring, so let's sing
And the moon shines bright on the water tonight
So we won't drown in the summer sound
If you find me I'll be sitting by the water fountain
Picket signs, letdowns, meltdown on Monday morning
But it's alright, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright
It's alright
Cause in no time, they'll be gone, I guess I'll still be standing here
It's a new year, I'm glad to be here
It's a fresh spring, so let's sing
In 2080 I'll surely be dead
So don't look ahead, ever look ahead
It's a new year, I'm glad to be here
It's a fresh spring, so let's sing
And the moon shines bright on the water tonight
So we won't drown in the summer sound
Yeah, yeah, we can all grab at the chance to be handsome farmers
Yeah you can have twenty-one sons and be blood when they marry my daughters
And the pain that we left at the station will stay in a jar behind us
We can pickle the pain into blue ribbon winners at county contests
It's a new year, I'm glad to be here
It's a fresh spring, so let's sing
In 2080 I'll surely be dead
So don't look ahead, ever look ahead
It's a new year, I'm glad to be here
It's a fresh spring, so let's sing
And the moon shines bright on the water tonight
So we won't drown in the summer sound
Yeah, yeah, we can all grab at the chance to be handsome farmers
Yeah you can have twenty-one sons and be blood when they marry my daughters
And the pain that we left at the station will stay in a jar behind us
We can pickle the pain into blue ribbon winners at county contests
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It is referencing everything from war, to global warming; "With no Berlin wall what the hell you gonna do..." The singer is probably speaking about how everything is being destroyed.
"Cause in no time, they'll be gone, I guess I'll still be standing here" could quite easily be talking about how we as people let everything that is wrong in the world, happen.
However, there is an undertone of joy as; "Yeah, yeah, we can all grab at the chance to be handsome farmers, Yeah you can have twenty-one sons and be blood when they marry my daughters;" the lyrics could potentially be speaking about the joining of families through partnerships such as marrage. I think the line also referneces the fact that our time in this way of life, which is somehwhat careless as it stands, is limited and therefore refers to people as; "farmers," due to that way of life being a distant memory in the lives of our ancestors. Those times were also regarded as a; "simpler way of life and therefore paralells what we have created, or indeed, destroyed. This therefore is then put into a perspective we could better undertsnad.
Sorry abou the length; i was just suprised at the array of answers as this seemed obvious to me, in the snese I didn't think many others would interporate differently.
now it's 2:23, my grammar's getting terrible.
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Good song, anyways.
...take what you will form that but I believe he is stating he knows the things he strives for, socially, will always be just out of grasp (whatever they may be)
Just sayin'....
I think both verses are references to the conflicts that humans are prone too, which are primarily artificial in modern times, particularly in industrialized nations where resource distribution issues are completely unnecessary. The third and fourth lines in the first verse, "Outsiders dressed up like Sunday morning - With no Berlin wall what the hell you gonna do" stress that two of the main sources of modern conflict, religion and war, are absolutely absurd to him (if we accept that he can't sleep because he's worried, or stressed, or simply unable to comprehend... Squeegy brought up that sometimes people can't sleep because they are excited, but this doesn't make much sense with the rest of the verse, or the second verse).
But with the chorus, he acknowledges that this world IS beautiful, this life is amazing, and brutally short, so he will enjoy it. He lets this world envelope him, he is taken in by it... he is trying to enjoy all different aspects of life, the visual, the audio, the emotional. The moon draws attention so that he simply isn't drowned by the "summer sound" (how easy is it to fall asleep listening to those wonderful sounds?). But even here, the wanting to not drown acknowledges, to some degree, that we can't just drift...
The second verse reinforces his permanence (even if it is just in his state of mind) against the impermanence of everyone else. Those who protest, those who are disappointed, those who simply cannot handle it-- they come and go, while he stays, waits, and watches. Is this his acceptance? They move on, while he does not... are they moving on to other sources of stress, while he is working on his understanding?
It's hard to tell if there's actually criticism of these people in this verse. Is he just noting their existence, is he asking something of them? I can't tell.
The lines about farmers do seem to indicate some sort of return to a pre-industrial, dense urban living. But there are negative connotations with this (for most people at least), and he is acknowledging this with the lines of "twenty-one sons" (unless this is very specifically referring to something I am unaware of), as in a family that large people will be emotionally drained and won't have the resources to continue, given the world population.
It's like he's saying, "There are so many damned problems in this world, but I love my life and the beauty of everything around us. Is there not some way we can return to some of the simpler aspects, while retaining the benefits of modern technologies?" (that last part may be inherent in the with the "twenty-one sons" thing)
He just watches, and tries to understand, and wishes for a better way.
Maybe it's tongue in cheek, but maybe there is something about this new year that he is glad to be here about... Damn, he is at least happy to leave his pain behind...