Lyrical Interpretation: Throwing Copper Options

[Distance to Me]

Alright, I'm gonna start off by saying I'm sort of a lyrical nerd, I love me some lyrics and I love interpreting them. In fact, Ed has inspired me to writing poetry, which I've finished in the top 10 in some national contests for, and eventually I got around to pulling together a band which I sing, play guitar, and write for (I suck at singing though).

Anyway, basically just write down what a song means to you, whether it's through the lyrics or through the music. I could drone on and on about a song like They Stood Up For Love, so I'll try to contain myself.

[turkish101]

Not to rain on the parade, but some of these are spot-off, as far as Ed intended, at least.

Apparently I Alone is not a love song at all, but a song about finding religion/truth for yourself. If you take others' word for it (ie organized religion), then you are separate from the teacher, thus being 'truly alone.' [via Wikipedia]

TBD does indeed stand for the Tibetan Book of the Dead, a mystic text from Tibetan Buddhism, about, naturally, death (if i remember correctly). The song is about the dying minutes of writer and proponent of LSD Aldous Huxley (while he's on LSD, no less). I suppose the chorus implies that he's pondering the teachings in the TBD, but rejecting them as he realizes his own mortality. That part is up for debate, though.... not really sure.

Lightning Crashes is a story that's been told countless times, being their most popular song and all. It's about the circle of life, specifically involving a friend of the band who died in a drunk driving accident, and donated her organs, which helped the troubled birth of a mother and her baby. I guess there was a storm that night too

Other songs haven't been discussed as much by the band.... White, Discussion is kinda obvious, about how people will endlessly talk and talk (probably politicians/media figures) until the end of the world, and then realize how little that achieved. Iris and All Over You could be simply about love/sex at first glance, but there could be more that we don't really know. I have no clue.

TDAOC is the one that interests me the most, because it sounds pretty specific, with some nice imagery, but I have no clue how to interpret it. A simple analysis could be a pro-environment stance - the men build a dam, the water gets deeper, one of the men drowns, and then they reflect on what happened. Pretty simple, I know.... I got nothing.

Hey, this is fun! When do we get to do Secret Samahdi?