Friday, 9 September 2016

Task D - Lyrics analysis

Oh - stop

With your feet on the air and your head on the ground
Try this trick and spin it, yeah
Your head will collapse
But there's nothing in it
And you'll ask yourself

Where is my mind? [3x]

Way out in the water
See it swimmin'

I was swimmin' in the Caribbean
Animals were hiding behind the rock
Except the little fish
But they told me, he swears
Tryin' to talk to me, koi, koy.

Where is my mind? [3x]

Way out in the water
See it swimmin'

With your feet on the air and your head on the ground
Try this trick and spin it, yeah
Your head will collapse
If there's nothing in it
And you'll ask yourself

Where is my mind? [3x]

Way out in the water
See it swimmin'

Oh
With your feet on the air and your head on the ground
Oh
Try this trick and spin it, yeah
Oh
Oh

This line is referring to the singer trying to find himself as he does not know where his head is at, his "mind" is another word for his head where the conflict between his mind and body. It could also be referring to the stress he may be under as the tone of the song makes him seem like he is stressed and under pressure.
This line can have a literal representation of the singer being upside down as his feet are in the air and his head is on the ground, which could refer to his life being tipped upside down due to the stress of trying to find himself. Another representation could be that he is feeling low and sad as his head is on the ground meaning that he is literally and metaphorically low.
These two lines could show that the singer is feeling empty inside as his head is empty due to losing his head/mind, it could also be inferred that he is feeling flat as it says that his head will collapse and therefore can show that he is very sad because "feeling flat" is a metaphor for feeling negative emotionally.
The fact that the singer says that the fishes are talking to him when he is in the Caribbean shows that he is not very sane, this could partly be because he is still trying to find his mind therefore he is having hallucinations about these animals talking to him. 

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