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Indigo Girls

I’m trying to tell you something about my life

maybe give me insight between black and white

and the best thing you've ever done for me

is to help me take my life less seriously

well darkness has a hunger that's insatiable

and lightness has a call that's hard to hear

I wrap my fear around me like a blanket

I sailed my ship of safety till I sank it

I went to the doctor, I went to the mountains

I looked to the children, I drank from the fountains

there's more than one answer to these questions

and the less I seek my source for some definitive

and I went to see the doctor of philosophy

with a poster of rasputin and a beard down to his knee

he never did marry or see a b-grade movie

he graded my performance, he said he could see through me

I spent four years prostrate to the higher mind

I went to the doctor, I went to the mountains

I looked to the children, I drank from the fountains

there's more than one answer to these questions

the less I seek my source for some definiti

. . .

In the song their

views on philosophy are expressed. Hadely

isn’t a great philosopher but I will tell you who is, the Indigo Girls.

“The good life” expressed in the song is simply being free, not prostrate to anything, and

not worrying about everything.

Since “ there’s more than one answer to these questions pointing me in a crooked line”

(Closer to Fine, Indigo Girls) one may spend the majority of their life searching for the

answers in order to live a morally respectful and enjoyable life by. In the Indigo Girl’s

song, “Closer to Fine” the singers examine and criticize philosophy.

According to definition philosophy is love and pursuit of wisdom by intellectual means

and moral self-discipline.

What is “ the good life?” According to the Indigo Girls the “good life” is a

multitude of things. It's better to take all things into

account, rather than think that one source is going to give you all the answers to your

problems. ve

(the less I seek my source)

the closer I am to fine

the closer I am to fine

I stopped by the bar at 3 a. The world has seen many great

philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle, and Dr. “I started to think about the ways that we try to solve our problems,

and the song is about a quest for balance in life.

The pursuit of this wisdom is called philosophy.

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