Any Guesses to what Mote is about?
 

I love this song,I've played it numerous times. Its one of the best off goo. Im happy to say I got to hear it live, but i have never been able to fully grasp what its about.Has Lee ever said anything about the origin of this song?

"When you see the spiral turning for you alone
And you feel so heavy that you just can't stop it
When this sea of madness turns you into stone
A picture of your life shoots like a rocket
All the time


I'm down in the daytime out of sight
Comin' in from dreamland I'm on fire
I can see it's all been here before
Dream a dream that lies right at your door

When the seasons circle sideways out of turn
And words don't speak just fall across the carpet
You're just in time to watch the fires burn
It seems a crime but yr face is bright you love it
All the time.....

I think he's talking about being on a heavy drug trip, the lyrics are so inspired though,i love them.

My favorite song. Brilliant lyrics and Insane riffs.

+1 on that

Isn't based on the book the Eye-Mote or something?

[poem] 'the eye-mote' by sylvia plath indeed...

Weed. Mota is spanish for pot I believe.

too bad the song's not called 'mota'!

I love this song so much. I don't have a clue what the lyrics mean, but I love them.

You win.

You gotta watch the motin' Thurston

Some of my favorite lyrics ever, because of the imagery, rather than any perceived meaning. It always gave me the impression of frustration over a woman he couldn't have. I'm not sure there's any basis for that, and it's probably not true. The word "mote" means a small particle of something.

He does say "a mote inside my eye" in the song. Now, I have to check out that poem! The Bell Jar, by Sylvia Plath, was an interesting read.

in a bootleg from 2004 (i believe, give or take a year) he introduces the song as "The Eye Mote"

Yes, it was during the show at Radio France, April 2006 (Le Mouv' session) if I'm not mistaken. It's obviously inspired by Plath's poem

he introduces the song as 'the eye-mote' more often than not.

Yeah, we're all prepped for this one...no new ground covered this time around either...good, I guess, to see you still care at all, Lawrence and Kegmama.

It's poetry...read the lyrics and read the Plath poem...read some other Plath poems and criticism...listen to some Lee solo...maybe read some of his writing...then compare and contrast and formulate your own thoughts; write your own essay...I'm through for now...I'd like to help you in your research, but cannot due to personal reasons...I could give my two cents with line-by-line illuminations of emotive logic and spend some time on this, but why bother?

(So I could have some bright eyes dissect me in the hopes of overturning my observations with their contrarian chicanery?)

Fuck that noise.

the quote that sylvia plath's poem is from is this part of the Bible
Matthew 7:3
(king james version)
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

Something to do with the perception of something very small but significant. Cool to read the poetry reference too. I listened to this song today, Lees voice is Sonic Youth's secret weapon.

I failed to mention that, thanks. Did last time though.

I'll just say this, and it will make me look just plain stupid, but I almost never understand what any song is about. Maybe thats why I can't write lyrics. I can hear a song a million times and even read the lyrics, but I still won't grasp the concept of what they are saying.