I have yet to determine for myself if this song is about a relationship
between 2 people, or the state of the world. So with not being able to
determine that, it makes it kinda hard to interpret 1 or 2 lines out of
it...But I will take a stab a the line looking at this song as a
relationship between 2 people...
To me, it sounds like in the beginning of the relationship, his eyes were
open and seeing all that was going on with the person he was with...He
wasn't naieve at all. He was careful. But then he let himself fall in love
with the other person so much he went blind to reality. He started to not
see the things that this other person was doing that ultimately ended up
hurting him so much...Kris (with a K)
Here is my embittered opinion. The subject
wishes perhaps she had not been living in the area
where a particular Canadian band (who shall remain
nameless) decided to play so much at the beginning of
their U.S. career. She saw them very often when they
were first "born" onto the music scene here. She was,
able to see them all the time, adn therefore had sight
of them. And as time progressed, they neglected this
area to buid a fanbase in other parts of the country
:P, so now she never ever ever gets to see them
anymore !!!! She has, in effect become blind to their
live performances. Just going out on a limb thinking
Tom wrote that song about my current plight before we
even met, but he's intuitive like that; it could
happen, right? :)
That's my two dollars (didn't ask for a dime,i want my
two dollars!) -Jamie
I guess my Opinion of what this line means is that When You Know what is out
there and you have seen it...And then you lose it... You would have rathere
not know it... Such as... You Win the lottery and you become acustom to the
lifestyle and then You go bankrupt... You Wish that you never won the lottery
because then you wouldnt feel so bad when you Can't live the way you Used
to... Or In crude lamens terms "It sucks to know what your missing"
That was probably textbook answer of the lyric but Hey... Someone had to say
it! Blayne
This reminds me a lot of a line from a song by James called "Sit Down." It
goes: "if I hadn't seen such riches, I could live w/ being poor." I think
these are both along the same lines...if you're born blind or "poor" (in
whatever sense one wants to interpret being poor), you don't know about all
the wonderful things you could see/experience if things were different, so
you don't have any sense of having something missing...BUT...if you're start
out w/ sight/riches (once again, whatever interpretation of riches one wants
to use), then it's incredibly difficult b/c you feel like you're missing all
this stuff you used to take for granted. *Lisa*
I agree with Blayne. Since this leads into the idea of Dog Star Radio. The Dog Star is actually a very bright star in Orion (if I recall my astronomy correctly). So I think it's about how you can sometimes hear a higher frequency (which is unseen) when you are tuned into a place where there is no pain or fear. So the singer (our friend Tara) wishes she hadn't seen the pain, and then become blind, only to hear the frequency from Dog Star Radio. It's almost a primal howl for that time before knowledge, when you just felt bliss.
Noah
ok, here's my interpretation finally...I had two different opinions about
the
meaning of this line..."Wish I hadn't been born with sight then become
blind..." my first was the basic you can't miss what you didn't have, that
Blayne and others voiced.
Then the more I thought about it, this theory made sense for me...seeing
through the eyes of a child...in other words, when we are young and
uncorrupted, we can imagine anything we choose and believe that anything is
possible. Children for the most part see the good and positive in
everything
and everyone...but as we grow and take in more of the world we come to see
that everyone and everything is not always good. We realize that hatred and
pain exist and its almost as if some of us become blinded to love and
kindness. And in turn these people become fearful, untrusting, and lose
whatever hope or dreams they had.
But the Dog Star Radio is a place where love and hope exist and we can
believe as children again. Does this make sense to anyone else?
Lynda
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