There's a purpose, there's a goal,
There's virtuous, and immoral,
There's a reason for all of this
And I don't know what it is!
I am one, and plural too,
I accept them, but they exclude,
I could make sense of all of this,
But I don't know what it is!
The seeds of inspiration never germinated in my mind,
The beacon of awakening is somewhere that I can't find.
So I don't know what it is...
There's a beginning, and there's an end,
There's a climax, some would contend,
There's a way to signify this,
But I don't know what it is!
The seeds of inspiration never germinated in my mind,
The beacon of awakening is somewhere that I can't find.
So I don't know what it is.
Show me something more definitive,
I don't know what it is!
Version | Length | Release | Catalog ID | Country | Format | Year |
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2:08 | Stranger Than Fiction | United States | MC | 2018 | ||
2:08 | Stranger Than Fiction | Europe | CD | 2018 | ||
2:08 | Stranger Than Fiction | Europe | 12" | 2018 | ||
2:08 | Stranger Than Fiction | 86994-2 | United States | CD | 2018 | |
2:08 | Stranger Than Fiction | Europe | 12" | 2013 | ||
2:08 | Stranger Than Fiction | 6994-1 | Europe | 12" | 2013 | |
2:08 | Stranger Than Fiction | 6994-1 | United States | 12" | 2010 | |
2:08 | Stranger Than Fiction | United States | 12" | 2009 | ||
2:08 | Stranger Than Fiction | R1 82658 | United States | 12" | 2009 | |
2:08 | Stranger Than Fiction | 82658-2 | United States | CD | 2004 | |
2:08 | Stranger Than Fiction | n/a | Russia | MC | 1996 | |
2:08 | Stranger Than Fiction | United States | CD | 1994 | ||
2:08 | Stranger Than Fiction | ESCA 6057 | Japan | CD | 1994 | |
2:08 | Stranger Than Fiction | Germany | MC | 1994 | ||
2:08 | Stranger Than Fiction | DRA 477343-1 | Germany | 12" | 1994 | |
2:08 | Stranger Than Fiction | United States | 12" | 1994 | ||
2:08 | Stranger Than Fiction | DRA 477343-1 | Germany | 12" | 1994 | |
2:08 | Stranger Than Fiction | Germany | 12" | 1994 | ||
2:08 | Stranger Than Fiction | DRA 477343-1 | Germany | 12" | 1994 | |
2:08 | Stranger Than Fiction | Brazil | 12" | 1994 | ||
2:08 | Stranger Than Fiction | 82658-2 | United States | CD | 1994 | |
2:08 | Stranger Than Fiction | CD 82658 | Canada | CD | 1994 | |
2:08 | Stranger Than Fiction | DRA 477343 60 | Europe | CD | 1994 | |
2:08 | Stranger Than Fiction | United States | MC | 1994 | ||
2:08 | Stranger Than Fiction | 82658-4 | United States | MC | 1994 | |
2:08 | Stranger Than Fiction | Spain | MC | 1994 | ||
2:08 | Stranger Than Fiction | Canada | MC | 1994 | ||
2:08 | Stranger Than Fiction | Yugoslavia | MC | 1994 | ||
2:08 | Stranger Than Fiction | United Kingdom | 12" | 1994 | ||
2:08 | Stranger Than Fiction | Russia | CD | 1994 | ||
2:08 | Stranger Than Fiction | 82658-2 | United States | CD | 1994 | |
2:08 | Stranger Than Fiction | DRA 477343 2 | Israel | CD | 1994 | |
2:08 | Stranger Than Fiction | United States | CD | 1994 | ||
Live | ||||||
2:20 | Tested | EPIT-69952 | Europe | CD | 2008 | |
2:20 | Tested | DRA 486986 1 | Germany | 2x12" | 1997 | |
2:20 | Tested | DRA 486986 2 | Germany | CD | 1997 | |
2:20 | Tested | Esca 6658 | Japan | CD | 1997 | |
2:20 | Tested | 486986-4 | Turkey | MC | 1997 | |
2:20 | Tested | DRA 486986 4 | 485019 4 | Poland | MC | 1997 | |
2:20 | Tested | DRA 486986 4 | Netherlands | MC | 1997 | |
2:20 | Tested | Germany | MC | 1997 | ||
2:20 | Tested | Russia | MC | 1997 | ||
2:20 | Tested | Spain | MC | 1997 | ||
2:20 | Tested | DRASAMPCD39522 | Germany | CD | 1997 | |
2:20 | Tested | 486986-2 | Australia | CD | 1997 | |
2:20 | Tested | 758.329 / 2-486986 | Brazil | CD | 1997 | |
Not specified | ||||||
Stranger Than Fiction | United States | 12" | 2018 | |||
2.08 | Stranger Than Fiction | 86994-1GRY | United States | 12" | 2018 | |
Stranger Than Fiction | United States | 12" | 2018 | |||
Stranger Than Fiction | EPIT-69942 | Europe | CD | 2008 | ||
Stranger Than Fiction | Russia | CD | 1997 | |||
Stranger Than Fiction | 82658-4 | United States | MC | 1994 | ||
Stranger Than Fiction | United States | MC | 1994 | |||
Stranger Than Fiction | MJM337M | Poland | MC | 1994 | ||
2:08 | Stranger Than Fiction | Canada | CD | 1994 | ||
Stranger Than Fiction | DRA 477343 2 | Germany | CD | 1994 | ||
Stranger Than Fiction | MATTCD003 | Australia | CD | 1994 | ||
2:08 | Stranger Than Fiction | 82658-2 | United States | CD | 1994 | |
Stranger Than Fiction | Germany | MC | 1994 | |||
Stranger Than Fiction | 78 26584 | Canada | MC | 1994 | ||
Stranger Than Fiction | 82658 | United States | MC | 1994 | ||
Stranger Than Fiction | 789.076 | 2-477343 | Brazil | CD | 1994 |
Hallowfish
Lost Pilgrim
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I think that the second to last line of this song is important for understanding "What 'it' is" because "it" is an abstract thought. Be it 'The meaning of life' or anything we as humans are unable to comprehend requiring something "more definitive".
Another similar way to interpret this is of a existentialist point of view where everything may have no comprehensible meaning but we can give our own lives meaning with something "more definitive" 04/03/2024 at 22:22
I think that the second to last line of this song is important for understanding "What 'it' is" because "it" is an abstract thought. Be it 'The meaning of life' or anything we as humans are unable to comprehend requiring something "more definitive".
Another similar way to interpret this is of a existentialist point of view where everything may have no comprehensible meaning but we can give our own lives meaning with something "more definitive" |
Justin
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This song, i feel, is about how Greg feels that total comprehension is beyond man's, or at least his, understanding. "The seeds of inspiration never germinated in my mind," i feel is truly poetic and a great way of putting his inability to comprehend "what 'it' is". "The beacon of awakening," which i believe is essentially enlightenment, "is somewhere i can't find."
I believe 'it' is an ultimate Truth of the universe, and explanation to it all, something that rivals God. Just because Greg doesn't have an answer, doesn't mean he is wrong. He can make sense of "all of this," but he doesn't know where it came from and what it means. true answer to the universe, the reason for our life, and the galaxies beyond this 12/13/2005 at 09:09
This song, i feel, is about how Greg feels that total comprehension is beyond man's, or at least his, understanding. "The seeds of inspiration never germinated in my mind," i feel is truly poetic and a great way of putting his inability to comprehend "what 'it' is". "The beacon of awakening," which i believe is essentially enlightenment, "is somewhere i can't find."
I believe 'it' is an ultimate Truth of the universe, and explanation to it all, something that rivals God. Just because Greg doesn't have an answer, doesn't mean he is wrong. He can make sense of "all of this," but he doesn't know where it came from and what it means. true answer to the universe, the reason for our life, and the galaxies beyond this |
SigB
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Location: Global Citizen |
think it might be the same (ubiquitous) thing throughout the song. Could it be life, our existence? Striving for some meaning in this life? Trying to find out if/what's the reason for all of this?
07/11/2004 at 17:48
think it might be the same (ubiquitous) thing throughout the song. Could it be life, our existence? Striving for some meaning in this life? Trying to find out if/what's the reason for all of this?
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Bad Aeronuts
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Location: Global Citizen |
The first problem one encounters by trying to decipher what Greg was trying to say in this song is what 'it' is. It's used all over, but Greg never says what 'it' really means. 'It' continuously changes meanings, so it's hard to define. The songs talk about the meaning of life, in general, but that this 'it' (the meaning) is unknown. He says, 'there's a purpose, there's a goal . . . there's a reason for all of this . . . there's a beginning and there's an end, there's a climax.' All is trying to explain why humans are here, why there's life, it's kind of religious (but we know Greg's position towards religion, so I wouldn't consider that strongly). By there's a 'climax,' Greg means that there's a stage in your life when you're either in the best or worst position, when one move will determine your whole life. There's a beginning to life, then the climax comes, and finally there's an end--death. There might be a reason for all the suffering and pain and rewards in life, but Greg simply can't describe what this 'it' is. No one can, and that's why this song is tough to define.
07/11/2004 at 17:48
The first problem one encounters by trying to decipher what Greg was trying to say in this song is what 'it' is. It's used all over, but Greg never says what 'it' really means. 'It' continuously changes meanings, so it's hard to define. The songs talk about the meaning of life, in general, but that this 'it' (the meaning) is unknown. He says, 'there's a purpose, there's a goal . . . there's a reason for all of this . . . there's a beginning and there's an end, there's a climax.' All is trying to explain why humans are here, why there's life, it's kind of religious (but we know Greg's position towards religion, so I wouldn't consider that strongly). By there's a 'climax,' Greg means that there's a stage in your life when you're either in the best or worst position, when one move will determine your whole life. There's a beginning to life, then the climax comes, and finally there's an end--death. There might be a reason for all the suffering and pain and rewards in life, but Greg simply can't describe what this 'it' is. No one can, and that's why this song is tough to define.
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