Time Keeps on Slipping

In this 1976 classic the Steve Miller Band helps explore the effects of the blues and LSD. With its signature smooth vocals and "inhalation" buzzing in the background Fly Like An Eagle is a one of a kind experience. It is often wondered what the song is actually about. Some say Miller's intentions are about eliminating poverty, flying above "earthly" desires, and finding the solutions. Other say he is just a beatnik who wants to ignore the problems. Or maybe it is a social satire of how hippies spend too much time getting enlightened and not enough time fixing the issues at hand.

Either way Miller created a one of a kind song. Multiple covers of this song have been produced from the Eagles to SEAL's rendition in the movie Space Jam.

In relation to time, besides the aptly named title, the song is about how time seems to slip away. As if time is skipping like a record, one second you're here, the next second time has seemingly skipped years ahead.

Miller may have written the song this way in order to explain how things need to be addressed now. If you wait to confront poverty then time will just get away from you.

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