| Dispatch – The General Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I have to agree with the JC allegory idea. I'm sure it can have other meanings too, people enjoy songs they can relate to, and a well made song will have something in it for everyone. But I certainly think that the General does have many parallels with Jesus. They have been gone over before so I won't reiterate but to me this song speaks to me of Jesus - from the heart of gold to the unwillingness to fight (jesus would rather love his enemies, but satan turns those people against him) and of course the biblical parallels to the events and the ideals of christianity. Of course it could mean something else to a different person, I don't think it's fair to be so arrogant as to assume that your view is right therefore everyone elses is wrong, only the band know what they meant it to mean and it can mean different things to different people. |
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| Dispatch – Lightning Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| i reckon it has something to do with the seediness of urban life. the opening verse sets a disgusting image of the cigarette smoke etc. then the greasy marionettes is implying people are like puppets to their "greasy" life. the elevator bit is like how people are never satisfied and always want more - 17 floors is fairly high but people still want to go higher and higher. the last bit shows a sort of longing for nature, somewhere horses flee from thunder, bones of a cat burried - its almost as if its implying that humans are destroying nature and will eventually destroy ourselves "wont be long to you and me are gone from here" meaning wont be long till we destroy ourselves. lightening on the ceiling...im not so sure about, maybe like implying how we've made an awesome thing like lightning into something for our convenience in the form of electricity and lights etc | |
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