I was thinking about this song this morning, pondering its place in the Skylarking "concept" - which is basically tracing a life, from beginning to end. Following the story as told on the CD: After "Earn Enough For Us" a song about the strains and pressures of marraige and providing for a family, and "Big Day" a song about a married man giving sage advice to another man about to be married, we have "Another Satellite". At first I simply thought it was a song about an unconsummated relationship and left it at that. Now suddenly I see it as a story of infedelity. This man is married: "My heart is taken...". "Aren't you aware of the gravity", the seriousness? or the wife? The man is flirting with another woman whom is obviously smitten with him "So circling we'll orbit another year" - the situation goes on for quite some time. She continues to attempt to steal away his heart "Moon still tries to steal the tide away". And he rebuffs her, gently at first, "I'm happy standing...", and more forcefully later, "Abort you mission let's just say you tried...".
It's a song about a long time extramarital affair. (IMHO, of course)
I was thinking about this song this morning, pondering its place in the Skylarking "concept" - which is basically tracing a life, from beginning to end. Following the story as told on the CD: After "Earn Enough For Us" a song about the strains and pressures of marraige and providing for a family, and "Big Day" a song about a married man giving sage advice to another man about to be married, we have "Another Satellite". At first I simply thought it was a song about an unconsummated relationship and left it at that. Now suddenly I see it as a story of infedelity. This man is married: "My heart is taken...". "Aren't you aware of the gravity", the seriousness? or the wife? The man is flirting with another woman whom is obviously smitten with him "So circling we'll orbit another year" - the situation goes on for quite some time. She continues to attempt to steal away his heart "Moon still tries to steal the tide away". And he rebuffs her, gently at first, "I'm happy standing...", and more forcefully later, "Abort you mission let's just say you tried...".
It's a song about a long time extramarital affair. (IMHO, of course)