| alt-J – The Gospel of John Hurt Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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I love this song, and for too long I didn't understood the meaning this song. So I started to read it again and again, and when I searched the Web for the meaning of "John Hurt" it finally hit me that this is a song simply about the movie Alien. No space - the crew just landed on a new planet and the no longer in space L-shaped - the egg cracked in a L shape and you can see this on the movie poster pictures Tetris Tile seeking - the alien trys to find the best match, they use the Tetris game as a metaphor Somewhere Oh somewhere To fit in Alien - the alien need somewhere to fit in (Come on) Oh, coming out of the woodwork Chest bursts like John Hurt Coming out of the woods - in the chorus the probably talking about the alien coming out. after been connected to Kane face, the alien disappeared. Few minutes later the alien bursts from Kane (played by John Hurt) chest and start killing the people. Ak Twenty 4-7 Civilian - this I didn't understood very mutch, but I assume that there is the fight against the alien. The talk about weapons (AK-47) and civilians and it's seem in place if you look on the story. Oh, coming out of the woodwork Chest bursts like John Hurt Coming out of the woods Coming out of the woodwork Chest bursts like John Hurt Coming out of the woods Jeremiah Looking down And you know where you're looking on down Do you know where you go You're headed on the strings For the E-X-T-I-N-C-T - now this is interesting, Jeremiah is a prophet in the Bible. In his story he saw a vision and in it there where no man or animals alive, only destroyed citys and things that look like birds flying and leaving the earth. The speculation is that he saw a vision of alien invasion. This directly connects to the story of the movie and they always use things that looke like they have no connection to the song, but when you look you understand the connection. Jeremiah Looking down but you know where you're looking But you go Do you know where you go You're headed on the strings For the E-X-T-I-N-C-T Oh, coming out of the woodwork Chest bursts like John Hurt Coming out of the woods And oh, coming out of the woodwork Chest bursts like John Hurt Coming out of the woods And oh, coming out of the woodwork Chest bursts like John Hurt Coming out of the woods And oh, coming out of the woodwork Chest bursts like John Hurt Coming out of the woods Oh, coming out of the woodwork Chest bursts like John Hurt Coming out of the woods Oh, coming out of the woodwork Chest bursts like John Hurt Coming out of the woods I know this sounds very strange, but this is my interpretation of the song, hope you'll like it. Sorry fore the poor language, English is not my native language. |
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