We should live for the present and try to forget about tough times in the past." I also believe the song is exactly what Evan said about "This song is about achieving something after throwing everything else away. "I like colorful clothing, in the sun, because it doesn't remind me of anything." Is another way of saying, "I like it because I like it, and won't alter that opinion just because it reminds 'you' and society of something 'I will live my life the way I like, and not otherwise because society dislikes it' and e.g. The entire song throws that paradigm all away, e.g. Austen from Saint Louis, MoWell you see, Chris has made references before about wanting to disregard social paradigms - our means to live and to approach life by through public pressure."I won't learn no more you can bet, don't wanna learn what I'll need to forget." Not getting emotionally invested in them and just enjoying the novelty. Zorak from TexasThe lyrics are about superficial and casual experiences with the unfamiliar being fun because they don't remind you of anything painful.There is just the now to live in-such a simple song-I didn't even like the lyrics at first but now it is one of my favorite songs. Anaraki from NcThe song is about living in the moment-living in the moment and not carrying around the past and not worrying about the future.It's ultimately a reaffirmation of the famous quote " childhood is what we spend our life trying to overcome" How many of us raised in "religious " families have struggled with this in our own lives? So few are able to gain enough perspective to rise above it.
So consequently, once again in this song, he seeks other diversions that don't remind him of how he got there. The hypocrisy of his influencers and the disillusionment and emptiness it produces within him is grappled with in so many of his songs you can literally feel the pain of being a lost soul. You can tell he firmly believes it exists and is so frustrated that he can't grasp it by the means he was given early on in life. It's particularly about living a ritualistic life that's learned at an early age and not deriving the spiritual peace and reward that has been promised with it. A lot of his songs are loaded with it, as are Layne Staley's. Rreddogg from Arkansas More spiritual angst Chris is trying to come to terms with.It wasn’t until way later that the chorus really hit me: “Things I’ve held sacred that I’ve dropped…I don’t want to learn what I’ll need to forget.” That line smacks particularly of generational trauma, and what parents unwillingly or unknowingly hand down to their kids, with the kids now having to shoulder the burden of knowledge. In the mid-aughts I was trying to run off to Japan to teach English (I eventually got there via the military) and I had a pseudo-Catholic upbringing with a lot of emphasis on performativity for the sake of pleasing the older relatives. Victoria from NycMy mom told me, when this song was still in heavy rotation, that it reminded her of me.Been inside prison for the last 38 years.what exactly is freedom? And more importantly.what exactly is memory? Enjoy the moment. Lost Dog from BadlandssdI've been trying to find my way home, cops killed my brother when I was 15.Cornell is often given credit for his incredible voice, but his lyrics and level of insight are just as impressive. Memories that can be loaded with guilt, shame, regret, and loss. An acknowledgement of the small, beautiful moments of peace against a regular stream of memories that can be endlessly replayed. Chris is taking a moment here to savor the opposite. Sights, smells, movies, just a few examples of countless things that can surprise a person with a haunting memory. Gary from MinneapolisThis is a man appreciating new and unique experiences that don't conjure any painful memories from the past.
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