A stark contrast of the blind and apathetic, and the desperate, the ones who see the world's needs.
Pointless Jellyfish, with their apathetic, pointless life, swim by, while he rushes past. He turns in somersaults to help, because the world needs it. I dive in those eyes, "Those eyes" probably refers to all those fish, all those people gazing at him, helpless, in need, unguided. Turning in somersaults indicating that this is done extravagantly, determined, maybe with extreme measures. Farfetched, but might be inspired by DH lawrence's little fish)Īs for the orbit, it's breaking out of habits, going into a change. Radiohead has a very consistent tendency to perceive the world as an ocean. Just try to do your best in repairing the damages. So every new birth, every new hope, is regarded as less hopeful, because when you look at whats happening, it's all going down the drain.īecause if you compare the good and bad, it doesnt look good. It still hurts because every time someone goes 'bad', a person turns out wrong, a flower grown crooked, it's a hope, a dream shattered. So why does it still hurt? (This is album version lyrics) Until one has given up, he's still alive, able to influence this world. Again, two things which are so closely intertwined.īecause, as long as people will still grow into flowers, into something unique and special, as something more than just the common weed, we still have hope. Despite the sense of disappointment and hopelessness, impending despreation, this blooming is akin to hope. To universally sigh together, realise, accept, so we can all achieve the determination to fix this world. Sometimes, I just think he's calling for us to realise, to relate to his sense of hopelessness and desperation. The universal sigh, an almost hopeless, pessimistic sigh: "Is this going to change everything? Will this child aid this world? Will this generation finally fix the shit we're in?" "Open your mouth wide, let me feed you, let me teach you." Mostly, I see it as if the singer is like feeding a child. I find this part to call upon me multiple imageries on different occasions. I see it as a slowly blooming flower in a busy street, people, cars, the world passing by in flashes. No wonder they use it to start their concerts so often, and start their album.ĭo note: This song starts of surprisingly high paced, with some high notes, very much "awake", and slightly chaotic. It has a sense of being (re)born, an awakening feeling.
#IN BLOOM LYRICS SERIES#
I think this song alludes to the never-ending series of births, of blooming flowers, of people becoming more and more conscious of this world. The coming of existence, and consequently the start of a journey and quest like life. My InterpretationI agree with Xaiv, the song aims to give a feeling of beginning, like the blooming of a flower. "Its unfolding petals suggest the expansion of the soul." Though there are other water plants that bloom above the water, it is only the lotus which, owing to the strength of its stem, rises eight inches above the surface." This pattern of growth signifies the progress of the soul from the primeval mud of materialism, through the waters of experience, and into the bright sunshine of enlightenment. "The roots of a lotus are in the mud the stem grows up through the water, and the flower lies above the water, basking in the sunlight. Now go check out the lyrics for Separator. Cleansing rebirth: "Slowly we unfurl / as lotus flowers" The struggle between 'for' and 'against' is the mind’s worst disease." – Sent-ts’anĪ hopeful tone. "If you want truth to stand clear before you, never be for or against. Just chill out: "Don't blow your mind with why" Pride is a recurring stumbling block that no one is above: "your fast ballooning head"/"My fast ballooning head" What do YOU know? The personification is so subtle yet so poignant. We all have questions: "Just to see what if."Īnd long for Truth: "Just to see what is."īut don't assume you know it or have found it: "Open your mouth wide / (and) the Universe will sigh." To do so is prideful considering our limited scope and knowledge. My InterpretationThe theme of rebirth is everywhere, a new state of transcendent knowledge, enlightenment.
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