I think this song is about innocence lost and the idea/desire for the American dream shatter by how your veiw on the world changes as you age. In the first "stanza" the speaker is talking about having no fear, diving into life, pushing your limits. The second part he is forced to grow up, by the "cops", people with false power. The speaker takes the "map", moved away to look for his adventure, the American dream. Now the speaker has been jaded, the dream is 'grounded' "flightless bird". No loger is the speaker adventurous and brave, now just a "fat house cat", feeling they should be acting against the lost hope. The speaker sees the events in the unjust world around them the "warm poison rats" getting away with bad deeds. The pissing on magizines I think is the dissillusionment of corporate America. the speaker feels the dream is lost, crashing to the ground.
triskut, i dont know if you're right or not, but i love you intrepretation. This song has been showing up on my pandora radio through my Lumineer's mix. everyone on here is just ranting about that its on the twlight movie (and frankly i don't care either way) i just appreciate the fact that you mad a succtict interpretation, and got right to the point with out going line by line and rambling on,
triskut, i dont know if you're right or not, but i love you intrepretation. This song has been showing up on my pandora radio through my Lumineer's mix. everyone on here is just ranting about that its on the twlight movie (and frankly i don't care either way) i just appreciate the fact that you mad a succtict interpretation, and got right to the point with out going line by line and rambling on,
I agree. When I read the lyrics it more matches what I feel when I hear the song. I think this is less about a person than it is an ideal. The whole having your spirit broken and becoming jaded but then he also seems to be talking about redemption when he refers to "Christ's blood" as clean and cold. I guess I'm getting an optimistic vibe from this song instead of a dark feeling.
I agree. When I read the lyrics it more matches what I feel when I hear the song. I think this is less about a person than it is an ideal. The whole having your spirit broken and becoming jaded but then he also seems to be talking about redemption when he refers to "Christ's blood" as clean and cold. I guess I'm getting an optimistic vibe from this song instead of a dark feeling.
I think this song is about innocence lost and the idea/desire for the American dream shatter by how your veiw on the world changes as you age. In the first "stanza" the speaker is talking about having no fear, diving into life, pushing your limits. The second part he is forced to grow up, by the "cops", people with false power. The speaker takes the "map", moved away to look for his adventure, the American dream. Now the speaker has been jaded, the dream is 'grounded' "flightless bird". No loger is the speaker adventurous and brave, now just a "fat house cat", feeling they should be acting against the lost hope. The speaker sees the events in the unjust world around them the "warm poison rats" getting away with bad deeds. The pissing on magizines I think is the dissillusionment of corporate America. the speaker feels the dream is lost, crashing to the ground.
triskut, i dont know if you're right or not, but i love you intrepretation. This song has been showing up on my pandora radio through my Lumineer's mix. everyone on here is just ranting about that its on the twlight movie (and frankly i don't care either way) i just appreciate the fact that you mad a succtict interpretation, and got right to the point with out going line by line and rambling on,
triskut, i dont know if you're right or not, but i love you intrepretation. This song has been showing up on my pandora radio through my Lumineer's mix. everyone on here is just ranting about that its on the twlight movie (and frankly i don't care either way) i just appreciate the fact that you mad a succtict interpretation, and got right to the point with out going line by line and rambling on,
I agree. When I read the lyrics it more matches what I feel when I hear the song. I think this is less about a person than it is an ideal. The whole having your spirit broken and becoming jaded but then he also seems to be talking about redemption when he refers to "Christ's blood" as clean and cold. I guess I'm getting an optimistic vibe from this song instead of a dark feeling.
I agree. When I read the lyrics it more matches what I feel when I hear the song. I think this is less about a person than it is an ideal. The whole having your spirit broken and becoming jaded but then he also seems to be talking about redemption when he refers to "Christ's blood" as clean and cold. I guess I'm getting an optimistic vibe from this song instead of a dark feeling.