| The Knife – Reindeer Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I agree with Savvy that it reads mass slaughter/consumerism at the behest of DC or the West in general. Check the lines I thought 'we'd reached Warsava' (home of Chopin)/ But we are stuck in Vasa {the Swedish ship that sank less than a nautical mile from her maiden Voyage)*. It really speaks to the classical inclinations of The Knife's true creative genius, the ability to craft electronic grandeur the likes of classical music yet knowing or grappling with the thought of being that sinking ship that only floated in the sea of life for but a flicker in the vast emptiness that is infinity. ANywAy, The Knife's debut is fucking strong. Better than 'Deep Cuts'. *In the 17th century, the design requirements and calculations for building a ship only existed in the head of the shipwright. Scientific theories on vessel design or stability had not yet been developed, so important factors like the ship's center of gravity had to be estimated from the builder's experience. The hull of Vasa was divided into three decks and a bottom compartment containing the ballast, which consisted of large, tightly packed stones. Upon salvaging, the ship was found to have an intact hold full of ballast stones. Vasa carried 120 tonnes of ballast, but this was not enough to counter her considerable weight above the water line; even a light squall would have seriously destabilized the ship |
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