This song is absolutely incredible. It's about a normal person who dies and goes to the "afterlife" only to find out that it's not an afterlife at all. He thinks it'll be like they tell him in church.
Instead, he gets reincarnated and has a new mother. The cycle starts anew.
I used to end 'Dulcinea' early just to avoid this track, but I've come around. This is one of my favorite tracks on that album. Not only is its subject matter unusual in Western music, the song is downright powerful. It starts out soft and you're lulled into thinking it'll be some quiet little ditty. But instead, Todd really opens up on the guitar (with lots of distortion), and Glen starts screaming.
The pace is slow, but fits the subject matter well. And with the volume at the end, it gets delightfully griding.
Two minor notes:
1) When Glen performs this live, he sometimes adds "Love me this time" to the last refrain.
2) Mescaline is peyote, a hallucinogenic drug often associated with Native American rituals.
This song is absolutely incredible. It's about a normal person who dies and goes to the "afterlife" only to find out that it's not an afterlife at all. He thinks it'll be like they tell him in church.
Instead, he gets reincarnated and has a new mother. The cycle starts anew.
I used to end 'Dulcinea' early just to avoid this track, but I've come around. This is one of my favorite tracks on that album. Not only is its subject matter unusual in Western music, the song is downright powerful. It starts out soft and you're lulled into thinking it'll be some quiet little ditty. But instead, Todd really opens up on the guitar (with lots of distortion), and Glen starts screaming.
The pace is slow, but fits the subject matter well. And with the volume at the end, it gets delightfully griding.
Two minor notes:
1) When Glen performs this live, he sometimes adds "Love me this time" to the last refrain.
2) Mescaline is peyote, a hallucinogenic drug often associated with Native American rituals.