This song is about someone who is looking for fulfillment. Over time, he became less idealistic and more of a 'realist,' but found that wasn't satisfying ("I stopped dreaming, now I'm supposed to fill it up with somethin'").
When he looks himself in the eye or falls asleep, he sees somebody he used to know - an animal that isn't constrained. In the song, our narrator limits his own thinking / potential to fit in / not seem like an absurd idealist (ie- going after money... I change shapes just to hide in this place), only to find these pursuits unfulfilling.
Everyone's trying to get back to their original state of mind - young, idealistic, filled with potential (but i'm still, im still an animal).
Don't lose your animal! Stay hungry, stay foolish.
I agree with this interpretation then the one that got 15 or more pluses because when he sings about being an animal he doesn't see it in a bad way but its what it is, he will always be in his primal state of craving, wanting, and no matter what happens he will be what he is, a human being with needs and wants. I think he sees his animal state as not being such a bad thing neither do I. It almost sounds like he wants to remember his animal state of understanding all the add ons to...
I agree with this interpretation then the one that got 15 or more pluses because when he sings about being an animal he doesn't see it in a bad way but its what it is, he will always be in his primal state of craving, wanting, and no matter what happens he will be what he is, a human being with needs and wants. I think he sees his animal state as not being such a bad thing neither do I. It almost sounds like he wants to remember his animal state of understanding all the add ons to life of cars, status, jobs, etc are a mask of his needs and wants for fulfillment.
This song is about someone who is looking for fulfillment. Over time, he became less idealistic and more of a 'realist,' but found that wasn't satisfying ("I stopped dreaming, now I'm supposed to fill it up with somethin'").
When he looks himself in the eye or falls asleep, he sees somebody he used to know - an animal that isn't constrained. In the song, our narrator limits his own thinking / potential to fit in / not seem like an absurd idealist (ie- going after money... I change shapes just to hide in this place), only to find these pursuits unfulfilling.
Everyone's trying to get back to their original state of mind - young, idealistic, filled with potential (but i'm still, im still an animal).
Don't lose your animal! Stay hungry, stay foolish.
I agree with this interpretation then the one that got 15 or more pluses because when he sings about being an animal he doesn't see it in a bad way but its what it is, he will always be in his primal state of craving, wanting, and no matter what happens he will be what he is, a human being with needs and wants. I think he sees his animal state as not being such a bad thing neither do I. It almost sounds like he wants to remember his animal state of understanding all the add ons to...
I agree with this interpretation then the one that got 15 or more pluses because when he sings about being an animal he doesn't see it in a bad way but its what it is, he will always be in his primal state of craving, wanting, and no matter what happens he will be what he is, a human being with needs and wants. I think he sees his animal state as not being such a bad thing neither do I. It almost sounds like he wants to remember his animal state of understanding all the add ons to life of cars, status, jobs, etc are a mask of his needs and wants for fulfillment.