Instead of all saying 'ooh it's so great', perhaps someone would venture to explain precisely what they think the 'history involved itself' line means?
jamisonlikewhat that is the most pretentious post I've seen in a while...
A few points. When a singer/songwriter writes about something they do not necessarily 'believe' anything they write. This could be purely fictional, written from someone else's point of view, intentionally obscure, and so on. So let's forget about what 'Sufjan believes...' etc.
And what is he saying? I think there is no question that he has taken a literal (alleged) incident, being a UFO sighting, and is extrapolating from there. However, if you look for biblical themes, so shall ye find. You can work religion into nearly anything if you want to. Certainly particular parts could be references to the bible - the revenant and the trinity in particular - but they could equally be completely unrelated.
I think lichty hit the nail on the head - it's neither one nor the other, it's more a reflection on the utter awe one would feel in seeing something mysterious and awesome come from the sky.
By the way, if you want a somewhat more literal and equally awesome song about a UFO coming down to earth I strongly advise you to listen to 'The Happening' by the Pixies... they've come so far, I've lived this long, I must just go and say hello.
Instead of all saying 'ooh it's so great', perhaps someone would venture to explain precisely what they think the 'history involved itself' line means?
jamisonlikewhat that is the most pretentious post I've seen in a while...
A few points. When a singer/songwriter writes about something they do not necessarily 'believe' anything they write. This could be purely fictional, written from someone else's point of view, intentionally obscure, and so on. So let's forget about what 'Sufjan believes...' etc.
And what is he saying? I think there is no question that he has taken a literal (alleged) incident, being a UFO sighting, and is extrapolating from there. However, if you look for biblical themes, so shall ye find. You can work religion into nearly anything if you want to. Certainly particular parts could be references to the bible - the revenant and the trinity in particular - but they could equally be completely unrelated.
I think lichty hit the nail on the head - it's neither one nor the other, it's more a reflection on the utter awe one would feel in seeing something mysterious and awesome come from the sky.
By the way, if you want a somewhat more literal and equally awesome song about a UFO coming down to earth I strongly advise you to listen to 'The Happening' by the Pixies... they've come so far, I've lived this long, I must just go and say hello.