anonymous April 18th, 2005 10:04AM  
Dave Matthews said in an interview that this song came to be during a jam session with the band. They got the music going, and as a placeholder, Dave started singing about satellites, and the rest is history.

Definitely one of their best.

FOrceFedjetta February 22nd, 2006 07:22PM  
I think I was a little loopy when I came to those conclusions^^^

anonymous September 5th, 2006 02:55PM  
The song is about how everyone is mesmerized by the technology in the world. Watch the music video, the guy is sitting in this trailer watching 25 or so televisions, and it's all just absolute crap that he's watching. Outside, there is a girl blowing bubbles and enjoying life out in the beautiful woods where leaves are falling. At the end, he turns the tvs off, and goes outside to the girl in the woods where he belongs. We're not meant to be cooped up watching tv all day, we're meant to be outside enjoying the beauty of the world, while it's still here.

anonymous March 14th, 2007 03:39PM  
This song could also be about how we as humans try to predict/change things beyond our control. For example, "I laugh about this weatherman's satellite eyes" could mean he laughs at those like the weatherman who try to predict things beyond our control (the weather).

anonymous December 26th, 2007 02:41PM  
I don't actually know what this song really means, and for those who think it's only about satellites, hope they are wrong because it's such a beautiful song... I agree with the one who said it's about all of us not enjoying life. I also liked the idea that said that humans are trying to control things that we just aren't able to.

annalisebabe May 5th, 2008 05:15PM  
I think this song has more to do about politics than it does technology. The Prague Spring, The Cold War, and Soviet Satellite states. There was constant tension between leaders trying to gain and keep power in the Communist countries.