| The Moody Blues – Candle Of Life Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I agree, this is the best secular song ever written. Most people don't understand that a couple of the band members are strong Christian believers. Christian themes abound in many songs (along with stories of LSD trips). The theme of the album is space travel. By the time we get to side B of the album, we are doing interstallar travel (Gypsy). Traveling at relativistic speeds, the candle of lfe does indeed burn slowly. At .99C, the interstellar traveler would only age at a small fraction of the rate as those on earth. If is very, very lonely in space. A tiny whisper or candle of life in a multi-generational star ship traveling to colonize or explore other star systems. That is why the traveler never thought he'd get to be a hundred, much less a milion. Fabulous, fabulous song and album written with great knowledge of relativity and what it would be like to cross the great gulfs of space. |
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| The Moody Blues – Eternity Road Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Actually I think it is based upon the legend of Lazarus. In John 21:22 Jesus implies that he might allow "the disciple He loved" to live until He returns. If Lazarus is the author of the Gospel of John (unlikely but intriguing), then the legen goes that Lazarus walks among us today unable to choose whether or not to believe in Jesus as savior. He carries his heavy load of sin. He constantly has to work (turn spining, Catherine wheeling). He searches for peace of mind (yeah,the lyrics above are incorrect). He is so alone - he has lived for millenia. The song has the double entendre meaning that as humans travel space (space travel theme of the album),they become metaphorical Lazaruses. We are so, so, so alone in the "charcoal sky". We carry a heavy load of moral responsibility and guilt of sin. We must constantly work to live (turning, spinning). This is my second most favorite secular song of all time. Wonderfully written with knowledge of history, Christian study, and imagining what it would be like to travel at sublight speeds between the stars to colonize. |
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