"Rows of lights to illuminate lines
Why don't they turn them off and let us see night "
This line from the song holds me spellbound every time it graces my car stereo, which trust me is more often than is probably healthy. I don't know if any of you have ever been to the open farmland of Ohio or perhaps some other desolate, flat, clear skied area of the midwestern USA but to look up and see black, the uninhibited heavens commanding your full attantion, if you haven't then me interpreting the song for you is a moot point. It instills such a sense of being so miniscule, and lets the mind wander away from the illuminated lines of everyday life and the thought boundaries which typically constrain us. It's almost like the metropolitan lights represent the wool being pulled over our eyes, a big festering distraction from the true meaning of things and our place amidst a churning cosmic sea.
Throught the song the ideas of seeing clearly and seeking redemption from cracked a dry hearts, traveling through life awake but napping. In essence, to me the song is about losing meaning in this fast paced American life.
"Rows of lights to illuminate lines Why don't they turn them off and let us see night "
This line from the song holds me spellbound every time it graces my car stereo, which trust me is more often than is probably healthy. I don't know if any of you have ever been to the open farmland of Ohio or perhaps some other desolate, flat, clear skied area of the midwestern USA but to look up and see black, the uninhibited heavens commanding your full attantion, if you haven't then me interpreting the song for you is a moot point. It instills such a sense of being so miniscule, and lets the mind wander away from the illuminated lines of everyday life and the thought boundaries which typically constrain us. It's almost like the metropolitan lights represent the wool being pulled over our eyes, a big festering distraction from the true meaning of things and our place amidst a churning cosmic sea.
Throught the song the ideas of seeing clearly and seeking redemption from cracked a dry hearts, traveling through life awake but napping. In essence, to me the song is about losing meaning in this fast paced American life.