Oh and the first part was about how Arthur would sit alone up in his house on the hillside watching the people of LA. Feeling much better alone and isolated from whatever madness was going on.
You are correct about the first line, sitting on a hillside. I feel much better on the other side meant leaving this life for the next. The line "I'll thumb a ride" was about the hitchhiking fad that was happening at that time. "I believe in magic/Why because it is so quick/I don't need power when I'm hypnotized was a message in a sense to all the power seeking people who are here today and gone tomorrow. I feel real phony when my name is Phil was about Phil Tanzani and Bill Clark. Bill broke in...
You are correct about the first line, sitting on a hillside. I feel much better on the other side meant leaving this life for the next. The line "I'll thumb a ride" was about the hitchhiking fad that was happening at that time. "I believe in magic/Why because it is so quick/I don't need power when I'm hypnotized was a message in a sense to all the power seeking people who are here today and gone tomorrow. I feel real phony when my name is Phil was about Phil Tanzani and Bill Clark. Bill broke in Arthurs house.
You can read more about Arthur Lee's lyrics in the book Forever Changes by John Einarson. It's a Great read.
Oh and the first part was about how Arthur would sit alone up in his house on the hillside watching the people of LA. Feeling much better alone and isolated from whatever madness was going on.
You are correct about the first line, sitting on a hillside. I feel much better on the other side meant leaving this life for the next. The line "I'll thumb a ride" was about the hitchhiking fad that was happening at that time. "I believe in magic/Why because it is so quick/I don't need power when I'm hypnotized was a message in a sense to all the power seeking people who are here today and gone tomorrow. I feel real phony when my name is Phil was about Phil Tanzani and Bill Clark. Bill broke in...
You are correct about the first line, sitting on a hillside. I feel much better on the other side meant leaving this life for the next. The line "I'll thumb a ride" was about the hitchhiking fad that was happening at that time. "I believe in magic/Why because it is so quick/I don't need power when I'm hypnotized was a message in a sense to all the power seeking people who are here today and gone tomorrow. I feel real phony when my name is Phil was about Phil Tanzani and Bill Clark. Bill broke in Arthurs house.
You can read more about Arthur Lee's lyrics in the book Forever Changes by John Einarson. It's a Great read.