This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
Where have you been to?
Where did you go?
Did you follow the summer out
When the winter pushed its face in the snow?
Or have you come by again to die again?
Well, try again another time.
Did you follow
The crystal swan?
Did you see yourself
Deep inside the velvet pond?
Or have you come by again to die again?
Well, try again another time.
When you set to shape the world,
Was the shape the shape of you?
Or did you cast enchanting glances
Through the eye that all men use?
Or have you come by again to die again?
Well, try again another time.
Did you find that the universe
Doesn't care at all?
Did you find that if you don't care
This whole wrong world will fall?
Or have you come by again to die again?
Well, try again another time.
Did you ever capture
All those jewels in the sky?
Did you find that the world outside
Is all inside your mind?
Or have you come by again to die again?
Well, try again another time.
Where did you go?
Did you follow the summer out
When the winter pushed its face in the snow?
Or have you come by again to die again?
Well, try again another time.
Did you follow
The crystal swan?
Did you see yourself
Deep inside the velvet pond?
Or have you come by again to die again?
Well, try again another time.
When you set to shape the world,
Was the shape the shape of you?
Or did you cast enchanting glances
Through the eye that all men use?
Or have you come by again to die again?
Well, try again another time.
Did you find that the universe
Doesn't care at all?
Did you find that if you don't care
This whole wrong world will fall?
Or have you come by again to die again?
Well, try again another time.
Did you ever capture
All those jewels in the sky?
Did you find that the world outside
Is all inside your mind?
Or have you come by again to die again?
Well, try again another time.
Lyrics submitted by jejones3141
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I'm just realizing now how really outstanding Tom Rapp & his group were. Time for rediscovery.
This song could be about Christ coming by again to die again. Like Faulkner figured in A Fable.
Who knows who is buried in the Tomb of the Unknowns...? Recall the times. The Vietnam War was raging & country (the USA) & it appeared sometimes the world was coming apart at the seams.
Love was/is the only answer to such terrible periods. Too bad too many who should know better have forgotten that. Others born too late are blinded by ignorance & cynicism. They're victims of their own will to violence & greed. Of course they don't see it that way. But its not inconceivable that there are at least two separate & distinct "psychologically different species" of humanity. Just a speculative hypothesis...
Of course maybe the implication is that we're all sons of some god or other. The lyrics connote reincarnation. Also the"you" in question might be viewed as either a failed suicide or some very very lucky survivor. Death is deferred. & the god &/or gods of our fathers & mothers is gently reprimanded for indifference, perhaps?
source: greenpagan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/05/16372848-another-time-by-pearls-before-swine
So beautiful. Usually I write sensible comment, but I fall silent with this song.