" descended a dusty gravel ridge
Beneath the Bixby Canyon Bridge
And soon I eventually arrived
At the place where your soul had died"
This verse describes Ben's arrival at the cottage in Big Sur, CA. At this cabin, Jack Kerouac wrote Big Sur which was an autobiographical tale of the nervous breakdown he suffered at the same cabin some years earlier.
Barefoot in the shallow creek
I grabbed some stones from underneath
Waiting for you to speak to me
Kerouac spent days drinking from the creek, if i recall correctly to drink and bathe. Perhaps Ben expected Kerouac to appear to him and reveal some big truth to him about life/the universe etc.
And the silence, it became so very clear
That you had long ago disappeared
And I cursed myself for being surprised
That this didn't play like it did in my mind
Obviously, the epitomie from Kerouac never came, and thus Ben is dissapointed.
All the way from San Francisco
As I chased the end of your road
Because I've still got miles to go
The "end of your road" is symbolism of kerouac losing his mind at this location, and perhaps Ben thinking he would find answers to some sort of questions at this location. Alas, he still "has miles to go" before he finds these truths.
I want to know my fate if I keep up this way
It's hard to want to stay away
And everyone you meet all seem to be asleep
You wonder if you're missing your dream
Can't see your dream
Can't see your dream
Just can't see your dream
Dream
Dream
Dream
Dream
Dream
Dream
Dream
Dream
Not really sure what he's talking about here.
Then it started getting dark
And I trudged back to where the car was parked
No closer to any kind of truth
As I must assume was the case with you
At nightfall Ben gives up on finding his epitomie, and realises that Kerouac probably did the same thing 50/60 years ago.
It is ridiculous that you tried to analise everything, except the most meaningful part.
It is ridiculous that you tried to analise everything, except the most meaningful part.
"I want to know my fate if I keep up this way
It's hard to want to stay awake
"I want to know my fate if I keep up this way
It's hard to want to stay awake
When everyone you meet they all seem to be asleep
And you wonder if you're missing your dream"
When everyone you meet they all seem to be asleep
And you wonder if you're missing your dream"
In the first stanza he is refering to the fact that if he continues to live the way that he is doing, he won't be happy, there is not much look forward to, there is no point in "[staying] awake" if he continues that miserable live.
Then the second stanza is about how everyone he meets has completely diferent priorities and ideas than what his own. Everyone is so lifeless and completely self absorbed and he is not able to comprehend this. And therefore he asks himself what if I am missing the dream, because there is something that he clearly doesn't understand.
" descended a dusty gravel ridge Beneath the Bixby Canyon Bridge And soon I eventually arrived At the place where your soul had died"
This verse describes Ben's arrival at the cottage in Big Sur, CA. At this cabin, Jack Kerouac wrote Big Sur which was an autobiographical tale of the nervous breakdown he suffered at the same cabin some years earlier.
Barefoot in the shallow creek I grabbed some stones from underneath Waiting for you to speak to me
Kerouac spent days drinking from the creek, if i recall correctly to drink and bathe. Perhaps Ben expected Kerouac to appear to him and reveal some big truth to him about life/the universe etc.
And the silence, it became so very clear That you had long ago disappeared And I cursed myself for being surprised That this didn't play like it did in my mind
Obviously, the epitomie from Kerouac never came, and thus Ben is dissapointed.
All the way from San Francisco As I chased the end of your road Because I've still got miles to go
The "end of your road" is symbolism of kerouac losing his mind at this location, and perhaps Ben thinking he would find answers to some sort of questions at this location. Alas, he still "has miles to go" before he finds these truths.
I want to know my fate if I keep up this way It's hard to want to stay away And everyone you meet all seem to be asleep You wonder if you're missing your dream Can't see your dream Can't see your dream Just can't see your dream Dream Dream Dream Dream Dream Dream Dream Dream
Not really sure what he's talking about here.
Then it started getting dark And I trudged back to where the car was parked No closer to any kind of truth As I must assume was the case with you
At nightfall Ben gives up on finding his epitomie, and realises that Kerouac probably did the same thing 50/60 years ago.
It is ridiculous that you tried to analise everything, except the most meaningful part.
It is ridiculous that you tried to analise everything, except the most meaningful part.
"I want to know my fate if I keep up this way It's hard to want to stay awake
"I want to know my fate if I keep up this way It's hard to want to stay awake
When everyone you meet they all seem to be asleep And you wonder if you're missing your dream"
When everyone you meet they all seem to be asleep And you wonder if you're missing your dream"
In the first stanza he is refering to the fact that if he continues to live the way that he is doing, he won't be happy, there is not much look forward to, there is no point in "[staying] awake" if he continues that miserable live.
Then the second stanza is about how everyone he meets has completely diferent priorities and ideas than what his own. Everyone is so lifeless and completely self absorbed and he is not able to comprehend this. And therefore he asks himself what if I am missing the dream, because there is something that he clearly doesn't understand.