I think this song is about taking time to relax now and then and enjoy the ephemeral nature of life. As in, taking things less seriously and just having a good time for the sake of having a good time. The first few lines:
Are you moving much too fast?
And the good times that just don't last
If you're always on the go
Make an angel in the snow
And freeze
Show this especially for me, like a snow angel is a really idyllic thing that most people who are "always on the go" wouldn't have time for. But then the next stanza is the exact opposite, it's about people who are constantly bored and don't have much to do. AKA "If nothing ever moves, put that needle to the groove." Obviously that's referring to a turn table, and just listening to music, which, haha anyone who enjoys music can relate to. And a lot of this song is about contradictions, as in the next stanza.
Is it a dream keeping you awake?
Is it the stillness that makes you shake?
If you need to know for sure
What's on the ocean's floor
You'll sink
A dream keeping you awake, stillness making you shake? I think these are about feeling out of place, or that something isn't right. Like, stillness wouldn't make a normal person shake, but it's saying does it make YOU shake. The next lines, are sort of a joke about always needing to be right or wanting to be certain all the time. It says "you'll sink" as in, it'll be your downfall, you'll fail with that attitude. The next few lines are the most powerful for me.
Do you like things the way they seem?
Or are you looking behind the scenes?
Well, if you've gotta know
What it takes to make it so
Just believe
I love these, because it has such a message. "Do you like things the way they seem?" is all about people accepting things that they don't truly know about. That's why it says the way they seem, and then it says "Or are you looking, behind the scenes?" or, do you really know the true motives of things going on, and then in response you don't like them. I think the rest is a lot more cryptic and personal, so I'll leave it at that. Amazing song, so much meaning and really poetic. Dr. Dog is awesome!
I think this song is about taking time to relax now and then and enjoy the ephemeral nature of life. As in, taking things less seriously and just having a good time for the sake of having a good time. The first few lines:
Are you moving much too fast? And the good times that just don't last If you're always on the go Make an angel in the snow And freeze
Show this especially for me, like a snow angel is a really idyllic thing that most people who are "always on the go" wouldn't have time for. But then the next stanza is the exact opposite, it's about people who are constantly bored and don't have much to do. AKA "If nothing ever moves, put that needle to the groove." Obviously that's referring to a turn table, and just listening to music, which, haha anyone who enjoys music can relate to. And a lot of this song is about contradictions, as in the next stanza.
Is it a dream keeping you awake? Is it the stillness that makes you shake? If you need to know for sure What's on the ocean's floor You'll sink
A dream keeping you awake, stillness making you shake? I think these are about feeling out of place, or that something isn't right. Like, stillness wouldn't make a normal person shake, but it's saying does it make YOU shake. The next lines, are sort of a joke about always needing to be right or wanting to be certain all the time. It says "you'll sink" as in, it'll be your downfall, you'll fail with that attitude. The next few lines are the most powerful for me.
Do you like things the way they seem? Or are you looking behind the scenes? Well, if you've gotta know What it takes to make it so Just believe
I love these, because it has such a message. "Do you like things the way they seem?" is all about people accepting things that they don't truly know about. That's why it says the way they seem, and then it says "Or are you looking, behind the scenes?" or, do you really know the true motives of things going on, and then in response you don't like them. I think the rest is a lot more cryptic and personal, so I'll leave it at that. Amazing song, so much meaning and really poetic. Dr. Dog is awesome!