Vagabond

posted on 27 Sep 2009 20:32 by ilumin

"Vagabond" artist is Wolfmother

i like the rythm of this song
same as the meaning of its lyric

It's about the homeless. The last truly free people in our world today.

They're free to do whatever they want, whenever they want. They aren't tied down to anything. They don't have to be anywhere for anyone. Do anything for anyone. They're time is there's.

And that's what I think Andrew's trying to say in this song:

....Oh girl I don't know all the reasons why,
I found the answer lookin' in your eye,
I go out walking all day long,
Take away this lonely man soon he will be gone....

The first stanza's saying that he doesn't know why, but when he saw this "rich" girl passing by him, he understood the reason why he (the vagabond) was so free. This girl was tied down to her schedule and her job and all her stresses. He could see this in her "pretty little eye." But all he does is walk around all day, and though he's lonely, he'll be gone, off discovering something else in life.

....Cause I'll tell you everything about being free,
Yes I can see you girl can you see me,
You don't need to know what I do all day,
It's as much as I know watch it waste away,
Cause I'll tell you everything about being free,
Yes I can see you girl can you see me,
Go and see the sorcerer look into a ball,
You may find the answer written on the wall....

More of the same. He's telling her that he can set her free and here's the reasons why:
He can see this girl. He does nothing all day but observe his world. But she can't see him, she's got a one-track mind. One thing to the next.
All he does is watch the world go by. It's a lot better than making the world go by.
This girl will never discover this though. The only hope she has is to find some other way of discovering this like going to some sorcerer, because she'll never be free on her own.

....Put her in a mansion on top of the hill,
Please don't make her do things against her will,
I found something special I don't know why,
Looking into her pretty little eye,
Cause I'll tell you everything about being free....

The summary of the song. She goes home everyday in her mansion on the hill. But she's not happy. She's not free. She can't do what she wants to do. She has to go to her job. She has to give her time to others. She always has something she has to do in order to "make a living" in this world. She's stressed out. And the homeless vagabond can see this looking into her eye. He's free.