Seeing as not many people have commented on the meaning of this song, i'll share what i think.
I think its about your conscience and morals, the 'people inside your head'and how perhaps to stop leading your life by their rules. The first verse 'Tickle me pink...' is about their deceiving looks, viewed by others to be rosy -harmless and happy on the outside but not so innocent or happy on the inner. They therefore find it difficult to go on through life (rolling around the orchard) with others due to their wrongly perceived naivety (tickle me green could therefore be some kind of ironic reference to the fact that they wished they were more naive) and the way in which they see there actions in the past as perhaps wrong. The next few verses go on to perhaps say that they wished that they could have stayed naive longer and that they could go back to the way things were before and how they want a whole new start in life. The final verse 'monsters in the valley...' is about the horrors of mankind and how there are no moral underpinnings (there is no straight and narrow) which will keep your life on the right track so 'off-load your wheelbarrow' and forget about all the things that preachers say are right and moral, live your life how you want to live it as there is no right way. Finally, the chorus 'pray for the people inside your head for they won't be there when your dead', i think this refers to your conscience and morals which have been put there by other people and appear as 'voices' inside your head. its them realizing that they these are not immortal and have no long lasting legacy (muffled out) and there just as mis-interpreted as they are, so why should they live by them and feel guilt when they don't? But however much maybe the 'voices' shouldn't be listened to, they still want to keep them and will 'pary for them' as they are the only things keeping them from losing their way.
Anyone else have any ideas???
Seeing as not many people have commented on the meaning of this song, i'll share what i think. I think its about your conscience and morals, the 'people inside your head'and how perhaps to stop leading your life by their rules. The first verse 'Tickle me pink...' is about their deceiving looks, viewed by others to be rosy -harmless and happy on the outside but not so innocent or happy on the inner. They therefore find it difficult to go on through life (rolling around the orchard) with others due to their wrongly perceived naivety (tickle me green could therefore be some kind of ironic reference to the fact that they wished they were more naive) and the way in which they see there actions in the past as perhaps wrong. The next few verses go on to perhaps say that they wished that they could have stayed naive longer and that they could go back to the way things were before and how they want a whole new start in life. The final verse 'monsters in the valley...' is about the horrors of mankind and how there are no moral underpinnings (there is no straight and narrow) which will keep your life on the right track so 'off-load your wheelbarrow' and forget about all the things that preachers say are right and moral, live your life how you want to live it as there is no right way. Finally, the chorus 'pray for the people inside your head for they won't be there when your dead', i think this refers to your conscience and morals which have been put there by other people and appear as 'voices' inside your head. its them realizing that they these are not immortal and have no long lasting legacy (muffled out) and there just as mis-interpreted as they are, so why should they live by them and feel guilt when they don't? But however much maybe the 'voices' shouldn't be listened to, they still want to keep them and will 'pary for them' as they are the only things keeping them from losing their way. Anyone else have any ideas???