Jeff,

That's more or less what my reaction to it is too.  Especially 
the "zen" like aspect to it.  Sort of a simple but honest & accurate 
confidence in "being"....

Steve D.
Thanks all for the interpretations. I really enjoy seeing what songs 
evoke in us. I listened to "Fire Island" (I hope I have the title 
right) with fresh new ears and closedly for the first time, per Mikes 
thoughts. Also a moving song and sad song to my ears...


Jeff said...

Anyway - people who experience it describe a feeling of invincibility 
("He 
knows no one can touch him now") Hyperawareness about what is 
happening now 
as well as other totally unrelated things ("he thinks of his Mother, 
he 
thinks of his bride-to-be...) . But most of all things seem to be 
moving in 
slow motion compared to yourself. It seems as if you have all kinds 
of time.

So the song is to me just a way to capture that electrifying yet zen 
like 
moment. And for me it does an incredible job. I get chills just 
thinking 
about it. Maybe I'm naieve, but I like to think it wasn't meant to be 
cynical....