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Dot in the Sky Lyrics
A brand new heart
For your counterpart
You imagined life
Before they walked into the dark
An alternate life
Slowly rides the line
And all it takes is watering at night
Wait to climb aboard
Destruction to a T
Shattering responsibility
Sometimes it's easier said than done
Eternal life
From earthly vacation
A burning knife
Won't cut you out of ice cold persuasion
You accepted the ride
With the exception of life
You might find yourself in love
With deception and lies
An unconventional mind
Was your ticket to die
You may have found
Your dot in the sky
They never heard from you
And it became a concern
You were gradually conditioned
With nowhere to turn
You went to climb aboard
Construction to a T
Shattering responsibilities
Eternal life
From earthly vacation
A burning knife
Won't cut you out of ice cold persuasion
You accepted the ride
With the exception of life
You might find yourself in love
With deception and lies
An unconventional mind
Was your ticket to die
You might find yourself in love
With your dot in the sky
You accepted the ride
With the exception of life
You might find yourself in love
With deception and lies
An unconventional mind
Was your ticket to die
You might find yourself in love
With your dot in the sky
For your counterpart
You imagined life
Before they walked into the dark
Slowly rides the line
And all it takes is watering at night
Destruction to a T
Shattering responsibility
From earthly vacation
A burning knife
Won't cut you out of ice cold persuasion
With the exception of life
You might find yourself in love
With deception and lies
Was your ticket to die
You may have found
Your dot in the sky
And it became a concern
You were gradually conditioned
With nowhere to turn
Construction to a T
Shattering responsibilities
From earthly vacation
A burning knife
Won't cut you out of ice cold persuasion
With the exception of life
You might find yourself in love
With deception and lies
Was your ticket to die
You might find yourself in love
With your dot in the sky
With the exception of life
You might find yourself in love
With deception and lies
Was your ticket to die
You might find yourself in love
With your dot in the sky
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On the literal level, the dot in the sky is a spaceship/UFO. The subject (“you”) of the song has an opportunity to climb aboard and take an earthly vacation, embarking on an alternate life, freed of terrestrial binds and responsibilities. For the subject’s unconventional mind, the trappings of this world have become unbearable; even the risk of death is inviting, if not alluring. A lifetime of societal conditioning (deception and lies) has coerced (through ice cold persuasion) this persona into manifesting a psychological heaven-scape which presents a force—symbolized by the “dot”/UFO—so powerful that “she fell in love” with its ineluctable attraction. The wounds inflicted by the human condition are deeper than any burning knife can cauterize. Ultimately, the subject convinces herself, through self-delusion and perhaps aided by substance abuse (watering at night) that this otherworldly accession will take place. The assertion that “they never heard from you and it became a concern” is bifurcated: (1) no one would listen to (or especially accept) the subject’s radical views, driving her to feel further marginalized, and (2) resulting in her figurative disappearance (as if abducted by aliens) or her actual suicide.
I guess the explanation is much more obvious, because the song is about Heaven's Gate cult. The subject can be its leader or a random cultist. As far as I know the "T" character was an extraterrestrial entity the leader claimed to be his father and the "dot in the sky" obviously refers to a concept of flying away on a board of UFO. What about the "watering at night" part so It's a known fact that enuresis is a problem typical for troubled people so either it refers to the cult leader who turned out to be a real maniac able to persuade people to commit mass suicide or a deeply traumatized person able to join the cult and be brainwashed enough to believe in unbelievable and, finally, die for it ("An unconventional mind was your ticket to die").
With that in mind, the other lines become clear - "A burning knife Won't cut you out of ice cold persuasion" refers to a severe brainwashed state when not a single argument would change the cultist's beliefs that's actually a "deception and lies". And the lines "They never heard from you and it became a concern, You were gradually conditioned with nowhere to turn" tells about how it ended in Santa Fe ranch - the adepts weren't heard for long because almost 40 ppl were already dead.
But if not to take the UFO part literally, the song also can be about a traumatized person's desire to escape from reality and make up a better place. Sadly, the dreams take over, the reality shatters and the person commits suicide to stay in imaginary place forever.
Hi Wasteland Witch.
I researched Mr. Clinco's inspiration further after I'd posted my interpretation, and was pleased to see that I'd... come close! I suppose I had the right idea but the actual story behind the entire Demonstration album is quite fascinating. Yay! My years of studying critical theory (theoretically) paid off. =]
I like like your expository description here and that you're clearly a fan of this woefully underrated artist. Feel free to reach me at waarlowe@gmail.com if you want to talk more Drab Majesty. Take care!