xofringe314
05-12-2009, 07:11 PM
Everyone remembers way back when Fringe started, right? Now does anyone remember that Walter couldn't fall asleep without hearing the song Row Row Row Your Boat and that Peter had to sing it for him?
Here are the lyrics just in case you didn't know:
Row row row your boat
Gently down the stream
Merrily merrily merrily merrily
Life is but a dream
Well I think that this song might have a signifigance somehow and here is what Wikipedia has to say about the song.
The lyrics have often been used as a metaphor for life's difficult choices, and many see the boat as referring to one's self or a group with which one identifies. Rowing is a skillful, if tedious, practice that takes perfection but also directs the vessel.When sung as a group, the act of rowing becomes a unifier, as oars must be in sync in a rowboat. The idea that man travels along a certain stream, suggests boundaries in the path of choices and in free will. The third line recommends that challenges should be greeted in stride while open to joy with a smile. The final line, "life is but a dream", is perhaps the most meaningful. With a religious point of view, life and the physical plane may be regarded as having equivalent value as that of a dream, such that troubles are seen in the context of a lesser reality once one has awakened. Conversely, the line can just as equally convey nihilist sentiments on the meaninglessness of man's actions.
The part that stands out the most to me is the analysis of the line "life is but a dream." Is Fringe implying that the entire show is just a dream? Or something else? And also there is the idea that the song implies unity. Does this have a meaning? I can't really come up with theories of my own, so I'll just leave that to you guys.
P.S. Sorry if this has been posted before.
Here are the lyrics just in case you didn't know:
Row row row your boat
Gently down the stream
Merrily merrily merrily merrily
Life is but a dream
Well I think that this song might have a signifigance somehow and here is what Wikipedia has to say about the song.
The lyrics have often been used as a metaphor for life's difficult choices, and many see the boat as referring to one's self or a group with which one identifies. Rowing is a skillful, if tedious, practice that takes perfection but also directs the vessel.When sung as a group, the act of rowing becomes a unifier, as oars must be in sync in a rowboat. The idea that man travels along a certain stream, suggests boundaries in the path of choices and in free will. The third line recommends that challenges should be greeted in stride while open to joy with a smile. The final line, "life is but a dream", is perhaps the most meaningful. With a religious point of view, life and the physical plane may be regarded as having equivalent value as that of a dream, such that troubles are seen in the context of a lesser reality once one has awakened. Conversely, the line can just as equally convey nihilist sentiments on the meaninglessness of man's actions.
The part that stands out the most to me is the analysis of the line "life is but a dream." Is Fringe implying that the entire show is just a dream? Or something else? And also there is the idea that the song implies unity. Does this have a meaning? I can't really come up with theories of my own, so I'll just leave that to you guys.
P.S. Sorry if this has been posted before.