Brilliant poem..I cant believe no one's commented on this yet! I think I get the general jist of the idea it's trying to explain. But its too vague for me to get if theres a definite subject or meaning from it, but what the hey I'll give it a try...
The first time a heard it, I automatically noticed how a young boy speaks first, then a man(I think it's Davey?!), then an elderly man. So i guess in some ways it's showing a whole lifetime, and how you would interpret the world from different ages. But the first paragraph is pretty technical for a kid:P This also gave me the idea of birth,life and death,the 3 stages of existence,is it?
I also got the impression that something horrible has happened,maybe a war, hurricane, tsunami, bush getting re-elected?maybe deeper 'metaphorical' meanings i dont know. And also by the end of it all the shit has gone and everything's good now "we found salvation scracthed into the earth like a message"(last line).
And he's always refering to "you" and "we",which could possibly be anyone,a girlfriend, friend, Mum, Dad, brother, sister, dog, plant, the listener of the song?OR he could be talking to a different person in every paragraph,or line?who knows?
Anyway, thats all i got outta that, pretty crappy i know, but yea, i'm not much of a thinker, what are your thoughts?goodbye, good night, thankyou. I'm here till thursday, try the veil!
Brilliant poem..I cant believe no one's commented on this yet! I think I get the general jist of the idea it's trying to explain. But its too vague for me to get if theres a definite subject or meaning from it, but what the hey I'll give it a try...
The first time a heard it, I automatically noticed how a young boy speaks first, then a man(I think it's Davey?!), then an elderly man. So i guess in some ways it's showing a whole lifetime, and how you would interpret the world from different ages. But the first paragraph is pretty technical for a kid:P This also gave me the idea of birth,life and death,the 3 stages of existence,is it?
I also got the impression that something horrible has happened,maybe a war, hurricane, tsunami, bush getting re-elected?maybe deeper 'metaphorical' meanings i dont know. And also by the end of it all the shit has gone and everything's good now "we found salvation scracthed into the earth like a message"(last line).
And he's always refering to "you" and "we",which could possibly be anyone,a girlfriend, friend, Mum, Dad, brother, sister, dog, plant, the listener of the song?OR he could be talking to a different person in every paragraph,or line?who knows?
Anyway, thats all i got outta that, pretty crappy i know, but yea, i'm not much of a thinker, what are your thoughts?goodbye, good night, thankyou. I'm here till thursday, try the veil!