| Star One – Set Your Controls Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Well, there's the obvious interpretation of this, which is just one helluva wild ride through spacetime, which is almost certainly the intended view. But I just can't listen to this song without thinking it's about someone's first time tripping, especially due to all the references to opening and emptying the mind. The chorus and song name, Set Your Controls, makes me think of the old idea of set and setting with hallucinogens. That is, the time and place being just right. The reference to dissolving into the light reminds me a lot of the experience of ego-death, where your consciousness essentially begins to dissolve and unify with your surroundings. And of course, there's "the die is cast, you fade to black, forget the past, there's no way back". To me, this seems to reference the unpredictability, profoundness, and unstoppable nature of the psychedelic experience. |
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