Get Out The Map
Chasing Sunsets: Indigo Girls' Poetic Journey Through Time and Space
Lyrics
The saddest sight my eyes can see
The saddest sight the speaker's eyes can see.
Is that big ball of orange sinking slyly down the trees
The sun setting behind the trees, depicted as a big ball of orange.
Sittin' in a broken circle while you rest upon my knee
The speaker and someone else sitting in a broken circle, the speaker providing support.
This perfect moment moment will soon be leaving me
A perfect moment that will soon come to an end.
Suzanne calls from Boston the coffee's hot the corn is high
Suzanne calling from Boston, describing the scene there with hot coffee and tall corn.
And that same sun that warms your heart will suck the good earth dry
Warning about the sun that warms hearts but also harms the earth.
With everything it's opposite enough to keep you crying
Life's contradictions that can either make one cry or keep the world spinning.
Or keep this old world spinning with a twinkle in its eye
The challenge of maintaining balance in the world.
Get out the map get out the map
Encouragement to get the map and explore.
And lay your finger anywhere down
Inviting someone to choose any destination on the map.
We'll leave the figuring to those we pass on our way out of town
Leaving the figuring to others encountered on the journey out of town.
Don't drink the water there seems to be something ailing everyone
A caution not to drink the water, suggesting a general ailment.
I'm gonna clear my head
The speaker's intention to clear their head.
I'm gonna drink that sun
The speaker expressing a desire to absorb positivity, symbolized by drinking the sun.
I'm gonna love you good and strong while our love is good and young
Promising to love strongly while the love is still young.
Joni left for South Africa a few years ago
Mentioning Joni leaving for South Africa and Beth taking a job on the West Coast.
And Beth took a job all the way over on the West Coast
Describing the geographical distance between friends.
And me I'm still trying to live half a life on the road
The speaker still on the road, struggling to find a balance in life.
Seems I'm heavier by the year and heavier by the load
Feeling physically and metaphorically heavier over time.
Why do we hurtle ourselves through ever inch of time and space
Reflecting on the rapid passage through time and space.
I must say around some corner I can sense a resting place
A hopeful sense that a resting place may be found around the corner.
With every lesson learned a line upon your beautiful face
Every lesson learned leaves a mark on one's face.
We'll amuse ourselves one day with these memories we'll trace
Anticipating amusement in the future through tracing memories.
Get out the map get out the map
Reiterating the call to get the map and explore.
And lay your finger anywhere down
Encouraging someone to choose a destination on the map.
We'll leave the figuring to those we pass on our way out of town
Leaving the planning to those encountered on the way out of town.
Don't drink the water there seems to be something ailing everyone
A repeated caution not to drink the water due to a general ailment.
I'm gonna clear my head
Reaffirming the intention to clear the head.
I'm gonna drink that sun
Reiterating the desire to absorb positivity, symbolized by drinking the sun.
I'm gonna love you good and strong while our love is good and young
Promising to love strongly while the love is still young, a repetition from earlier in the song.
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