"The experiment"--wait, stop there. I think that might be exactly what this song is about: an experiment of sorts. Perhaps the administering of drugs to a patient playing guinea pig, from the views of both an outsider ("What have I created?" and the patient themselves ("Through my mind")? As for the title, maybe that is the experiment's number.
Who knows. Warrel Dane is good at writing very esoteric, yet highly inspiring, lyrics.
I frankly don't know why it's called '42147' because It's about April 19th, 1943, the time Albert Hoffman ingested LSD-25 for the first time in human history. It's based on the first-hand written account of the experience...
There is in fact even a point in Hoffman's account where he said "Another world... was this the transition?"... Just as it does in the song. I wish I could find a direct link to it but these tell the story pretty good:
I frankly don't know why it's called '42147' because It's about April 19th, 1943, the time Albert Hoffman ingested LSD-25 for the first time in human history. It's based on the first-hand written account of the experience...
There is in fact even a point in Hoffman's account where he said "Another world... was this the transition?"... Just as it does in the song. I wish I could find a direct link to it but these tell the story pretty good:
I'm very curious and would like to know the reason behind why it's called '42147' when that wasn't in fact the date of the day the song was about... It's too bad we don't have Warrel himself available to comment on the matter...
"The experiment"--wait, stop there. I think that might be exactly what this song is about: an experiment of sorts. Perhaps the administering of drugs to a patient playing guinea pig, from the views of both an outsider ("What have I created?" and the patient themselves ("Through my mind")? As for the title, maybe that is the experiment's number.
Who knows. Warrel Dane is good at writing very esoteric, yet highly inspiring, lyrics.
I frankly don't know why it's called '42147' because It's about April 19th, 1943, the time Albert Hoffman ingested LSD-25 for the first time in human history. It's based on the first-hand written account of the experience... There is in fact even a point in Hoffman's account where he said "Another world... was this the transition?"... Just as it does in the song. I wish I could find a direct link to it but these tell the story pretty good:
I frankly don't know why it's called '42147' because It's about April 19th, 1943, the time Albert Hoffman ingested LSD-25 for the first time in human history. It's based on the first-hand written account of the experience... There is in fact even a point in Hoffman's account where he said "Another world... was this the transition?"... Just as it does in the song. I wish I could find a direct link to it but these tell the story pretty good:
http://bicycle-day.weebly.com/albert-hofmann.html
http://bicycle-day.weebly.com/albert-hofmann.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_lysergic_acid_diethylamide
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_lysergic_acid_diethylamide
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Hofmann...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Hofmann
I'm very curious and would like to know the reason behind why it's called '42147' when that wasn't in fact the date of the day the song was about... It's too bad we don't have Warrel himself available to comment on the matter...