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Hark, listen, here he comes.
Hark, listen, here he comes.
Turning, spinning, catherine-wheeling
Forever changing, there's no beginning,
Speeding through a charcoal sky.
Observe the truth, we cannot lie.
Travelling eternity road,
What will you find there?
Carrying your heavy load,
Searching to find a peace of mind.
You'll see us all around.
You'll see us all around.
Turning, spinning, catherine-wheeling
Forever changing, there's no beginning,
You're so very far from home,
And so very much alone.
Travelling eternity road,
What will you find there?
Carrying your heavy load,
Searching to find a peace of mind.
Travelling eternity road,
What will you find there?
Carrying your heavy load,
Searching to find a peace of mind.
Hark, listen, here he comes.
Turning, spinning, catherine-wheeling
Forever changing, there's no beginning,
Speeding through a charcoal sky.
Observe the truth, we cannot lie.
Travelling eternity road,
What will you find there?
Carrying your heavy load,
Searching to find a peace of mind.
You'll see us all around.
Turning, spinning, catherine-wheeling
Forever changing, there's no beginning,
You're so very far from home,
And so very much alone.
What will you find there?
Carrying your heavy load,
Searching to find a peace of mind.
What will you find there?
Carrying your heavy load,
Searching to find a peace of mind.
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Submitted by
weezerific:cutlery On Jan 06, 2002
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This song is presumably about someone trying to seek cleansation of his sins so he can travel the eternal road. just my take on it. nothing in stone obviously so comment on it so this song doesnt feal left out :/
Actually I think it is based upon the legend of Lazarus. In John 21:22 Jesus implies that he might allow "the disciple He loved" to live until He returns. If Lazarus is the author of the Gospel of John (unlikely but intriguing), then the legen goes that Lazarus walks among us today unable to choose whether or not to believe in Jesus as savior. He carries his heavy load of sin. He constantly has to work (turn spining, Catherine wheeling). He searches for peace of mind (yeah,the lyrics above are incorrect). He is so...
Actually I think it is based upon the legend of Lazarus. In John 21:22 Jesus implies that he might allow "the disciple He loved" to live until He returns. If Lazarus is the author of the Gospel of John (unlikely but intriguing), then the legen goes that Lazarus walks among us today unable to choose whether or not to believe in Jesus as savior. He carries his heavy load of sin. He constantly has to work (turn spining, Catherine wheeling). He searches for peace of mind (yeah,the lyrics above are incorrect). He is so alone - he has lived for millenia.
The song has the double entendre meaning that as humans travel space (space travel theme of the album),they become metaphorical Lazaruses. We are so, so, so alone in the "charcoal sky". We carry a heavy load of moral responsibility and guilt of sin. We must constantly work to live (turning, spinning).
This is my second most favorite secular song of all time. Wonderfully written with knowledge of history, Christian study, and imagining what it would be like to travel at sublight speeds between the stars to colonize.
How the heck do they sound so good here? And not just here; this album and a lot of their music have this feel to it I can't really describe. The only word that comes to mind is ethereal.
It’s basically describing a lonely journey of a herald (comet or something)sent with a message that burdens it to deliver to whom may receive it and take heed …
This song, like a lot of the 2nd half of this album (e.g., I Never Though I'd Live To Be A Million, Watching and Waiting), is sung from the perspective of a planet/the Earth as it travels through the cosmos.
"Turning, spinning, catherine-wheeling" (rotating, as planets do) "Speeding through a charcoal sky." (planets move through space at an insane speed) "Carrying your heavy load" (carrying humanity/life - described more in I Never Thought I'd Live to be a Million)
It might have a double meaning, similar to "Life's a Long Song" by Jethro Tull, or perhaps sung from humanity/life's collective perspective, but the main thing the song is describing is IMO a planet hurtling through space for all time.
'Observe the truth we cannot lie". It's about the truth. Moody Blues' obsession was the truth.
This song was probably written during Ray’s acid days (don’t forget he wrote the infamous “Timothy Leary’s dead…”)…the Moodies (but especially Ray and Mike Pinder) were into enlightenment back then.
I think that line should be searching to find "peace of mind."