| Rainbow – The Temple Of The King Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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This song is rather balladistic, clearly inspired by orienthal mythology. Naming years after signs of the zodiac is the Chinese way of timekeeping,(but there is no year of the fox in the Chinese calendar, so this must be a reference to the fantasy world of Titan.) and the song reflects a Zen-ish philosophy. In my interpretation this is a coming of age story: "The strong young man" is a price, the phrase " of the rising sun" is he himself and the likes of him, and the change that is to be brought, as well as it serves to indicate that the story takes place somewhwere east. The "Tolling of the great bleack bell" Signifies the death of a previous king, which calls the prince forth from exile/obscurity. Because this is a "Time remembered well" it must have been a great catastrophy not only the death of the king, because according to Buddhist thinking in the great circle of life the death of a king is nothing notable. The prince must go to the Temple of the King, and in order to become King, he must prove himself to the acolytes of the temple by finding the answer. "There in the middle of the circle he stands"He is afraid of the expectations, and wavers a bit, but he had known the answer all along."With just one touch of his trembling hands the answer will be found." He has proven hinself to be worthy to be King, and is initiated as such. "Daylight waits while the oldman sings: Heaven Help me!" Signifies that the new light is brought by the King, and in perils of epic proprtion it is the young who bring change. "Far from the circle at the edge of the world..." The King retires form the wold to meditate and he is crucified by doubts but he is able to collect himself., "With just one touch of the strong right hand,they know of the temple and the King." The change from trembling to strong means that he is know fully reconciled with himself and his destiny, and he shares the "answer" with the people. The answer is that instead of looking for a king to follow they must all rise up to be kings and lead eachother out of peril. |
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