This song contains many illusions to C.S. Lewis' "The Silver Chair"
Dustin explains it outright in the liner notes about the "sunlit lands" reference
there is also another evident reference, found in the verse:
daylight, they tell me that it’s just a myth
and they try to betray me with a kiss
daylight, they tell me that it can’t exist
In "The Silver Chair" , when Estauce. Jill, and Puddleglum are in the Underlands trying to rescue Prince Rilian, the Queen of Underland, an evil witch, attempts to make the children forget Narnia.
She does so by making it seem to them that the sun is just imagined to them, that it does not exist, that they are meant to be underground.
This song contains many illusions to C.S. Lewis' "The Silver Chair"
Dustin explains it outright in the liner notes about the "sunlit lands" reference
there is also another evident reference, found in the verse:
daylight, they tell me that it’s just a myth and they try to betray me with a kiss daylight, they tell me that it can’t exist
In "The Silver Chair" , when Estauce. Jill, and Puddleglum are in the Underlands trying to rescue Prince Rilian, the Queen of Underland, an evil witch, attempts to make the children forget Narnia.
She does so by making it seem to them that the sun is just imagined to them, that it does not exist, that they are meant to be underground.
so ya, bam.
great song, clever allusions.
i guess Thrice likes C.S. Lewis or something?
@The Resonator I guess so... I remember an interview where Dustin said that a lot of Vheissu songs were related to CS Lewis...
@The Resonator I guess so... I remember an interview where Dustin said that a lot of Vheissu songs were related to CS Lewis...