Okay. i like the diversity of the opinions and interpretations here, but i feel as if everyone is really missing the deeper meaning.
the opening lyrics are saying that everyone, not just him, are going through a severe depression as a result of confused ideologies. People are just consumers and have no unique identity and he's upset that he sees it and it's wearing off on him as apposed to him making a difference or being unique.
Then in the same opening verse he says what is there left for him to dwell on and he wants to move on but does not know how. and he, like everyone else, is waiting for someone to point him in the right direction. which, unfortunately, won't happen. but the messenger is not a woman necessarily. it's someone to open his eyes and snap him out of this depression out of this boredom.
In verse two he starts with the same idea as i've already said. he wants to know if there is something to snap us out of this very generic lifestyle that most of us follow. and when he says "I weaken with each voice that sings" he is reiterating that most ppl might even believe they are on the right path and when they try to point others in the "right" direction, he makes him feel worse because he's heard it all before and the people that think they get it, don't really. Then he calls this a "world of purchase." i believe here he is referring to our very consumer oriented lifestyles. most people don't care about improving their lives, or bettering themselves as human beings; instead they define themselves by the things they "purchase." you are what you buy basically. it sounds, in these last few lines, that he is almost conceding that to be happy in this consumer culture he needs to get over his boredom and just step in line with the way of the majority. but that almost sounds sarcastic.
but the chorus "i've got a long way to run" is the most telling part. and what he is saying that no matter what, he has a long way to go before he either finds the right answers or is able to conform to popular culture.
This is my first time posting here so i hope ppl like my interpretation. thanks for reading :)
I remember hearing this song when it very first came out. Well I am hearing it now again 11 years later if I am not mistaken.
I remember hearing this song when it very first came out. Well I am hearing it now again 11 years later if I am not mistaken.
I think this song has alot of meaning to me now. I used to be really happy when
I was in high school because I thought my life plans would work out exactly as planned. But they didn't. I had to work super hard just to get myself back on track.
I think this song has alot of meaning to me now. I used to be really happy when
I was in high school because I thought my life plans would work out exactly as planned. But they didn't. I had to work super hard just to get myself back on track.
When he says processed sanity, i think of all of the people that go to bars and drink every night and think it's an okay lifestyle, it is what we think makes us happy. Since being dumped after a long relationship and trying to be who I was, I have discovered that living where I am makes me so sad. I leave town every chance I get to find new things and figure out how that will be a part of my life. Now I have plans to move every year for the next three years, I am going to RUN and do things
I never thought i could do because I was held back my society telling me i was happy at bars and an abusive ex boyfriend.
This song makes me feel good about myself because I am back on the path that
I started on when I first heard this song, i found the old qualities in me that could
be happy without substance of drinks or a man. Now I am going to run until i get
my dream job and find peace with who I was meant to be. Every time I start my road trips, I start with this song.
I cannot wait to reach my dream come true that I wanted 11 years ago. I too have a long way to run.
@Spydiggity not to shabby, I get a giggle out of the line in the song that say yes, I run. As it seems people are getting lazier and wanting more and more an easier way, it then becomes the lack of things to do that makes it boring.
@Spydiggity not to shabby, I get a giggle out of the line in the song that say yes, I run. As it seems people are getting lazier and wanting more and more an easier way, it then becomes the lack of things to do that makes it boring.
Okay. i like the diversity of the opinions and interpretations here, but i feel as if everyone is really missing the deeper meaning.
the opening lyrics are saying that everyone, not just him, are going through a severe depression as a result of confused ideologies. People are just consumers and have no unique identity and he's upset that he sees it and it's wearing off on him as apposed to him making a difference or being unique.
Then in the same opening verse he says what is there left for him to dwell on and he wants to move on but does not know how. and he, like everyone else, is waiting for someone to point him in the right direction. which, unfortunately, won't happen. but the messenger is not a woman necessarily. it's someone to open his eyes and snap him out of this depression out of this boredom.
In verse two he starts with the same idea as i've already said. he wants to know if there is something to snap us out of this very generic lifestyle that most of us follow. and when he says "I weaken with each voice that sings" he is reiterating that most ppl might even believe they are on the right path and when they try to point others in the "right" direction, he makes him feel worse because he's heard it all before and the people that think they get it, don't really. Then he calls this a "world of purchase." i believe here he is referring to our very consumer oriented lifestyles. most people don't care about improving their lives, or bettering themselves as human beings; instead they define themselves by the things they "purchase." you are what you buy basically. it sounds, in these last few lines, that he is almost conceding that to be happy in this consumer culture he needs to get over his boredom and just step in line with the way of the majority. but that almost sounds sarcastic.
but the chorus "i've got a long way to run" is the most telling part. and what he is saying that no matter what, he has a long way to go before he either finds the right answers or is able to conform to popular culture.
This is my first time posting here so i hope ppl like my interpretation. thanks for reading :)
I remember hearing this song when it very first came out. Well I am hearing it now again 11 years later if I am not mistaken.
I remember hearing this song when it very first came out. Well I am hearing it now again 11 years later if I am not mistaken.
I think this song has alot of meaning to me now. I used to be really happy when I was in high school because I thought my life plans would work out exactly as planned. But they didn't. I had to work super hard just to get myself back on track.
I think this song has alot of meaning to me now. I used to be really happy when I was in high school because I thought my life plans would work out exactly as planned. But they didn't. I had to work super hard just to get myself back on track.
When he says processed sanity, i think of all of the people that go to bars and drink every night and think it's an okay lifestyle, it is what we think makes us happy. Since being dumped after a long relationship and trying to be who I was, I have discovered that living where I am makes me so sad. I leave town every chance I get to find new things and figure out how that will be a part of my life. Now I have plans to move every year for the next three years, I am going to RUN and do things I never thought i could do because I was held back my society telling me i was happy at bars and an abusive ex boyfriend.
This song makes me feel good about myself because I am back on the path that I started on when I first heard this song, i found the old qualities in me that could be happy without substance of drinks or a man. Now I am going to run until i get my dream job and find peace with who I was meant to be. Every time I start my road trips, I start with this song.
I cannot wait to reach my dream come true that I wanted 11 years ago. I too have a long way to run.
@Spydiggity not to shabby, I get a giggle out of the line in the song that say yes, I run. As it seems people are getting lazier and wanting more and more an easier way, it then becomes the lack of things to do that makes it boring.
@Spydiggity not to shabby, I get a giggle out of the line in the song that say yes, I run. As it seems people are getting lazier and wanting more and more an easier way, it then becomes the lack of things to do that makes it boring.