Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Wise Men
I can't help but listen to James Blunt, because "Wise Men" is on the radio 24/7 now. However, I am one of those people who have selective hearing and can't pick up the right lyrics, and I've made up my own version. I kind of like my own interpretation of it (although it's not clear what he's singing about anyway).
She said to me, "Go steady on me.
Won't you tell me what the Wise Men said?
When they came down from Heaven,
Smoked nine 'til seven,
All the shit that they could find,
But they couldn't escape from you,
Couldn't be free of you,
And now they know there's no way out,
And they're really sorry now for what they've done,
They were three Wise Men just trying to have some fun."
Those three Wise Men,
They've got a semi-Oddyssey.
Got to ask yourself the question,
Where are you now?
Whenever I hear this song, I have an image of 3 bedouin youths just smoking away underneath acacia trees, having a laugh, and getting ready for their semi-Oddyssey. They're foolishly optimistic and naive about what's to come. But they're also the 'wise men' because they know that they are free-loving, curious, and don't know the world. The sort of wisdom that Socrates praised - being wise by admitting that you don't know everything.
Of course, I had to look up the real lyrics, but I find more inspiration in the way I first heard it.
She said to me, "Go steady on me.
Won't you tell me what the Wise Men said?
When they came down from Heaven,
Smoked nine 'til seven,
All the shit that they could find,
But they couldn't escape from you,
Couldn't be free of you,
And now they know there's no way out,
And they're really sorry now for what they've done,
They were three Wise Men just trying to have some fun."
Those three Wise Men,
They've got a semi-Oddyssey.
Got to ask yourself the question,
Where are you now?
Whenever I hear this song, I have an image of 3 bedouin youths just smoking away underneath acacia trees, having a laugh, and getting ready for their semi-Oddyssey. They're foolishly optimistic and naive about what's to come. But they're also the 'wise men' because they know that they are free-loving, curious, and don't know the world. The sort of wisdom that Socrates praised - being wise by admitting that you don't know everything.
Of course, I had to look up the real lyrics, but I find more inspiration in the way I first heard it.
// posted by sakit @ 6:01 AM 
