Starship Trooper

This is the true interpretation of Starship Trooper. One day I was high enough to fully grasp all the concepts. Hope you enjoy.

Sister Bluebird flying high above, Shine your wings forward to the sun. Hide the mysteries of life on your way. Though you've seen them, please don't say a word. What you don't know, I have never heard.

This first verse describes how people in civilization admire the bluebirds for having the ability to fly and be free. Since nothing is new under the sun, the bluebirds know everything as they fly towards the sun, but they have no means of telling anyone the mysteries of the universe. Then he says, "hey if you're not telling us the mysteries of the universe, you must not know them." Since the bluebirds can't talk, this is a backhanded statement trying to make themselves feel less enfeeble to the fact that the bluebirds know more than they do.

Starship Trooper, go sailing on by, Catch my soul, catch the very light. Hide the moment from my eager eye. Though you've seen them, please don't tell a soul. What you can't see can't be very whole.

Now a person is admiring a spaceshuttle blasting into space filled with starship troopers. The starship troopers see amazing things in space, but "what we can't see, can't be very whole" means the person on Earth is saying... maybe we're not supposed to see the mysteries of the universe.

Speak to me of summer, long winters, longer than time can remember, The setting up of other roads to travel on in old accustomed ways. I still remember the talks by the water, the proud sons and daughters that Knew the knowledge of the land, that spoke to me in sweet accustomed ways.

This describes the great excitement and intrigue of the first spaceship going into space. The proud sons and daughters are in amazement. People remember the growth of civilization but realize the spaceship launching into space so much more important. They then see everything that happens in the world is irrelevant and small compared to the vast mystery and possibilities of traveling into space.

Mother life, hold firmly on to me. Catch my knowledge higher than the day. Lose as much as only you can show. Though you've seen them, please don't say a word. What I don't know I have never heard.

This is the person of the song asking Mother Nature to show him everything - all the knowledge he can handle, but only show as much mystery as you can, without giving away the mystery of life. Talking directly to mother life as an entity, the person tells mother life not to tell anyone of all the mysteries of the universe. Because though mother life knows all of the mysteries, the person doesn't want there to be no mystery to the universe anymore. If there were no mystery to life, life would be boring.

Loneliness is a power that we possess to give or take away forever. All I know can be shown by your acceptance of the facts, they're shown before you. Take what I say in a different way and it's easy to say that this is all confusion. As I see a new day in me, I can also show it you and you may follow.

Loneliness comes from having no faith in the notion that the mysteries of the universe aren't all just science and fact. The more you accept the facts and science of things, the less you believe in the mystic mysteries and limitless possibilities of the universe. When you stop believing that there's something more out there, you become lonely. "Take what I say in a different way and it's easy to say that this is all confusion" - This means, the concept of limitless mystery of the universe may be a hard concept to grasp if you don't want to hear it. As the person now understands that there are far-out mysteries and phenomena that can't be explained, he can show you that there are these phenomena if you just believe in the mysteries of the unknown. Then, your outlook on life can be changed just as his has.

Speak to me of summer, long winters, longer than time can remember, The setting up of other roads to travel on in old accustomed ways. I still remember the talks by the water, the proud sons and daughters that Knew the knowledge of the land, spoke to me in sweet accustomed ways.

This verse is repeated to jump back to the day of the first space shuttle launching into space. Everyone marvels that it can be done and everything else they've ever seen in their lives means nothing next to this epic event - the first space travel.

III: Wurm (Instrumental)

This depicts the launching of the space shuttle. The count down. The anticipation builds up. It feels like forever before the spaceship is launched and the guitar solo begins. When it finally happens, it (the spaceshuttle launch and the guitar solo) is the best thing that has ever happened.

I love Yes.