| Porcupine Tree – What Happens Now? Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I only just discovered this disc more than a year after it was released. What an amazing song, definitely my favorite from the EP too. To me it simply doubts the existence of the afterlife. Despite anyone's religious belief, nobody REALLY knows what happens when you die (other than the fact that you can't take your material possessions with you). Do you move on to another plane of existence? Do you get reincarnated? Or just... nothingness? The character in the song has friends telling him what he should believe, but he poses this doubt for us in the form of a hypothetical scenario -- what if you are on a plane and a suicide bomber blows everyone up, including you? It's a situation you have no control over and is one of the real fears of our era. Then what happens to you?... So, I don't think the person in the song is the bomber or is thinking about doing this. He's a hypothetical victim of a hypothetical bomber -- who is, ironically, blowing everyone up probably out of religious conviction. |
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| Peter Gabriel – And Through The Wire Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| I think it's about maintaining a long-distance relationship with a woman, with a lot of time spent on the telephone. These lyrics seem even more relevant today, with the Internet and video conferencing ('And throught the wire I see your face'), and so many new relationships starting up *because of* the Internet. | |
| King Crimson – Thela Hun Ginjeet Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Here is a great retelling from the horse's mouth -- Belew explains the full story of Thela Hun Ginjeet in his blog: http://elephant-blog.blogspot.com/2007/04/anecdote-808.html |
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| King Crimson – Neal And Jack And Me Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| My guess on the "Absent lovers" lyric is rather than it being some kind of homo-erotic reference, it means the travelers are absent from their lovers, who are waiting at home. | |
| King Crimson – Marine 475 (Vroom Coda) Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Very funny. This is not some acid-induced randomness. (Robert Fripp has a very strict no-drugs policy.) My understanding is this song is about (and I use 'about' very loosely here) "A Lloyd's insurance syndicate which suffered catastrophic losses for 1989, 1990 and 1991 resulting from Hurricane Hugo, Exxon Valdez and Phillips Petroleum" (quote: Fripp) and the effect it had on those who had signed liability agreements with the company. Notice how this piece of music has an endless descending quality about it. You can now imagine the words "marine," "motor," "aviation" followed by numbers, to be telephone extensions for different departments in the company. |
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