| The Killers – Spaceman Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| ah i found the thing about the nile, it was a prophecy by Edgar Cayce, which i fail to understand at all | |
| The Killers – Spaceman Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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I've interpreted the song as, much like others, an attempted suicide in which he is 'abducted' by doctors. However, i have a slightly different interpretation of the chorus, which i feel pretty confident about. It started with a low light, here i interpret him lying in bed, semiconscious from attempted suicide, when an ambulance comes to his apartment and the flashing lights are shining through the window Next thing I knew they ripped me from my bed, at this point, the EMT are taking him out of his bed and bringing him into the ambulance And then they took my blood type, i take this as a clue to the way he tries to commit suicide; he tries to bleed himself to death. however this fails and when the EMT give him a transfusion in the ambulance, his addled brain thinks of it as a blood test It left a strange impression in my head. this line i feel refers to the character's confusion about what is happening; his oxygen-starved brain is failing to understand everything and as a result he is very confused. You know that I was hoping, That I could leave this star-crossed world behind, this gives great support to the suicide theory; he is depressed and feels like suicide is the way out But when they cut me open, I guess that changed my mind. when the character awakens from the brink of death, he realizes that he doesn't really want to die anymore And you know I might Have just flown too far from the floor this time, the character realizes when he awakens that he was so caught up in his delusional depression that he failed to stay grounded and no longer saw the world for what it was Cause they calling me by my name his name could be called by either his family and friends around him, or by doctors mentioning him And they're zipping white light beams the zipping white light beams could refer to the EMT's flashlight as he flashes it in his eyes to see how his eyes react, and how he's recovering Disregarding bombs and satellites the bombs and satellites here could refer to figments of his imagination as he hallucinates from blood loss That was the turning point, the turning point in which he realizes he doesn't want to die That was one lonely night even though the medical personnel are working to save him, he can't speak and is not spoken to; he is isolated, in a sense [Chorus] The star maker says, "It ain't so bad" i see the star maker as either a psychiatrist talking about the world, or a doctor talking about his injuries The dream maker's going make you mad the dream maker in my eyes is the world; what else truly shaped one's dreams The spaceman says, "Everybody look down the spaceman here i think is the main character; he went to the brink of death and back, like astronauts go to space and back, and has brought his realizations to those who are depressed like he was Its all in your mind" he is telling everyone who is depressed to look down at the world (think of the line where he mentions flying too far from the floor) and realize that their suffering and so forth is all in their heads Well now I'm back at home, and, he's been released from the hospital I'm looking forward to this life I live, the characters view of life has grown for the better You know its gonna haunt me, he knows that his depression and his attempted suicide will never leave him So hesitation to this life I give. he hesitates knowing that there will be despair in his life still, and forever You think you might cross over, he gives advice to people considering suicide You're caught between the devil and the deep blue sea, these people are caught between choosing life with its despair and death and the unknown You better look it over, he tells them that they need to rethink everything before they try suicide like he did Before you make that leap And you know I'm fine, the protagonist mentions (to a friend, psychologist, or nobody at all) that he is okay and that he has grown from his depression But I hear those voices at night sometimes, those voices refer to his despair; sometimes, late at night, he begins to feel depressed again They justify my claim, the 'voices' of despair suggest that he was right in attempting suicide And the public don't dwell my transmission this suggests a motive for his suicide; trying to get his message out there about how he was suffering Cause it wasn't televised however, people don't really think about his suffering because he never died; his 'message' wasn't published on the news (think a report about his suicide) But, it was the turning point, here he could be talking about the night when he tried to die; he was all alone with his pain Oh what a lonely night [Chorus:Repeat x2] -i don't quite understand this portion, but i think the gist of it is that the GPS is his mind, and it is swayed by what people say; his sense of reality is slightly off, shown by the lines about the Nile. i also heard that there is a theologist who talked about the Nile running from east to west; sadly google is spammed with yahoo answers questions from people who don't understand that the saying is a metaphor for something, so i can't link it- :( My global position systems are vocally addressed; They say the Nile used to run from east to west, They say the Nile used to run, from east to west. And you know I'm fine, But I hear those voices at night, Sometimes -see previous iteration of these lines- [Chorus:Repeat x2] It's all in your mi-I-ind, It's all in my mind at this point the main character settles on the understanding that his downcast worldview is merely his pessimistic imagination, and that the world is better than he once thought :) Note: all of this is just my speculation, and a lot is pretty heavily based off of my own impressions; i'm eager to see what others think, and i really think that no matter what the song is about, it must be something really deep for the discussions about the song to last so long. also keep in mind that this is my first post here, so forgive any mistakes here! |
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