The album of ALice is was actually written (the musci was) for a German play about Charles Dogdson aka Lewis Caroll, and his pedapheliac lust for Alice Liddell. This song in perticular is startsthe theatricle play with Dodgsen recalling and longing for Liddell.
People who focus on the inspiration of Lewis Carroll/Alice Liddell as a primary narrative objective for this album completely miss the point. This album is not about paedophilia; Alice is representative of any person who will not or cannot requite the love of the narrator (who is presumably as ambiguous as he is as to allow transference for the listener). Alice is whatever the listener dearly yearns for but cannot attain--not merely that kid that Lewis Carroll liked.
People who focus on the inspiration of Lewis Carroll/Alice Liddell as a primary narrative objective for this album completely miss the point. This album is not about paedophilia; Alice is representative of any person who will not or cannot requite the love of the narrator (who is presumably as ambiguous as he is as to allow transference for the listener). Alice is whatever the listener dearly yearns for but cannot attain--not merely that kid that Lewis Carroll liked.
The album of ALice is was actually written (the musci was) for a German play about Charles Dogdson aka Lewis Caroll, and his pedapheliac lust for Alice Liddell. This song in perticular is startsthe theatricle play with Dodgsen recalling and longing for Liddell.
People who focus on the inspiration of Lewis Carroll/Alice Liddell as a primary narrative objective for this album completely miss the point. This album is not about paedophilia; Alice is representative of any person who will not or cannot requite the love of the narrator (who is presumably as ambiguous as he is as to allow transference for the listener). Alice is whatever the listener dearly yearns for but cannot attain--not merely that kid that Lewis Carroll liked.
People who focus on the inspiration of Lewis Carroll/Alice Liddell as a primary narrative objective for this album completely miss the point. This album is not about paedophilia; Alice is representative of any person who will not or cannot requite the love of the narrator (who is presumably as ambiguous as he is as to allow transference for the listener). Alice is whatever the listener dearly yearns for but cannot attain--not merely that kid that Lewis Carroll liked.