Thus he is entreating the addressee to “release” him, on top of putting forth that “one day” he will return, better than ever, or something like that. However, he does not have the resolve to break free from it on his own. In the outro, the addressee is rather switched to what reads like a loved one of the vocalist. What’s being insinuated this time around is that the singer views their relationship as being a toxic one. The Addresseeĭespite the above, the reason this piece doesn’t truly classify as a spiritual is because of its outro. In doing so, he is letting the Most High know that a hard life has defeated him. So secondly concerning the gospel-ness of the lyrics, he is calling on the “Lord” for some assistance. Well actually, no requests for divine favor made directly though are implied. So rather what we have here is a vocalist crying out to God. Or viewed alternatively, he has apparently reached the end of his rope as far as self-confidence and optimism are concerned. He is in this battle in the pursuit of peace and fulfillment in “this world”. It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life.And even though “I’m Tired”, as classified by Genius, it categorized as a pop song, lyrically it does read like a spiritual, even those of days past. That is to say that as such songs tend to go, first of all the narrative is premised on the vocalist being “tired of tears”. Or put more simply, he’s depressed and comes off as someone who is engaged in a perpetually-uphill. that is going on in the world, often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations, and 'leaders'. While our lives are often shielded, we're in our own protective bubbles, or protective helmets like the one Thom wears, if we look a little harder we can see all the corruption, lies, manipulation, etc. He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage. But there is seemingly no way out but death. politicians and businessmen, perhaps) is not the way to live. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water, drowning him. On No Surprises, the narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly. People are being used by those in power "like a pig in a cage on antibiotics"-being pacified with things like new phones and cool gadgets and houses while being sucked dry. But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?) realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life. We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life, which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone, finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids, living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc. Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song. The chorus is about his thoughts, obsession with some songs, but also perhaps regrets for doing the drug during the exprience. Verse 4 describes time disorientation (very common side effect), emotional attachment to the girls who is he worried about saying the right thing to (common side effects), and the nagging heaven overhead. Verse 3 has his friends asking him to describe the experience and all he can say is he sees a beautiful heaven over him (probably the lights). Verse 2 describes the emotional experiences which are paranoia/fear and love/devotion. Verse 1 explains the visual experience but also the contemplation about what it means. It's very hard to describe the experience if you haven't been through it, but the one adjective I'd use is "religious". These mushrooms cause colors to become brighter and textures to appear richer (because of dilated eyes), intense emotional responses (euphoria, elation, depression, disorientation often all at the same time), and slight hallucinations though usually these hallucinations are very determined by the context of the environment and thoughts of the individual (lights appear to be tiny bubbles, a face in a painting appears to be grinning, a table looks like a sea). Everything else in the song seems to support this interpretation. "Cap" is a nickname for "liberty caps" a psychedelic mushroom. What I want to say to the girls at the door?īut I can't get around the river in front of me.Īnd to the bone (pat yourself on the back), Is it time to leave? Is it time to think about Play Let It Be (pat yourself on the back) I say a bright white beautiful heaven hanging over me. What I wanna say to the girls at the doorīut I can't get around the river in front of meĪnd to the bone (pat yourself on the back) There's a time to leave, there's a time to think about Play "Let It Be" (pat yourself on the back) I say a bright white beautiful heaven hanging over me
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