The Great Nothing Lyrics
This one is about a man who has a dream, but ends up getting caught up with a drinking habit, possibly due to some disappointments along the way, and eventually loses everything he worked for because of this, and even though he had someone teaching him how to become successful, he thought he was doing well, and completely ignored his mentor's advice.
The "Note" that's mentioned in the song might be about life itself. Even after this man is gone, life will go on, and there will be more people like him.
Interesting Theory, lukescott. Sort of sounds like the concept of The Mars Volta's First Album "De-Loused In The Comatorium"...
Interesting Theory, lukescott. Sort of sounds like the concept of The Mars Volta's First Album "De-Loused In The Comatorium"...
The song, at least in part, references the life and career of the late Kevin Gilbert.
For those who may be unaware of who Kevin Gilbert was: http://www.filthylucre.com/kevin-gilbert-retrospective
For those who may be unaware of who Kevin Gilbert was: http://www.filthylucre.com/kevin-gilbert-retrospective
Highly recommend you seek out his work w/ Toy Matinee and his "Thud" CD as well as "Shaming Of The True," which Nick D'Virgilio and some others were asked to finish posthumously by his family & friends. The man was a genius who never got his due.
Highly recommend you seek out his work w/ Toy Matinee and his "Thud" CD as well as "Shaming Of The True," which Nick D'Virgilio and some others were asked to finish posthumously by his family & friends. The man was a genius who never got his due.
Well, sadly, I have no idea what the meaning of the song is, but i really wish i did. So if anyone at all has a clue of what it is about, please, comment about it. Also, great song.
There's really no need to wonder what this song is about. Is's about the great nothing, as the title says.
It starts with this, it ends with this, and in between, it's the lifes we make. No one knows where this comes from, It's a miracle, it's the note that comes out of nowhere. It's just what we do with this, as that's what the most of the song is about (hopes and dreams and how people fail with them). But in the beginning, it seems to start out of nowhere, and it ends with this.
I think it corresponds very much to the first song (at th end of the day), and in generel, I think the whole record is about life and death and the way you spend the time in between. For example. "all on a sunday" seems to be dealing with a person spending a boresome sunday, but it might be as well about spending your whole life with an attitude like this.
The song is about the modern version of Icarus, possibly a personal allegory for Neal's career at the time. The protagonist ("the boy") is someone who has higher aspirations in his field, (music, in Neal's case) but he of course will "never have commercial success", because he is striving for a goal that is deeper and more important (i.e. deep and meaningful music, in contrast with superficial pop music).
The protagonist ultimately burns out in his career and begins to indulge in self-destructive tendencies (i.e. drinking) because his goal is unattainable. From the outside, people begin to resent him for his ideology, but still attempt to help him find a workable path forward ("I've worked with him closely...Before it's too late"). Ultimately, the protagonist is too headstrong, and spirals out into complete and utter nihilism (The Great Nothing).