The original song had alot of the ideas for Caves first novel in it. Based on fact, there was the Tupelo/Gainesville Outbreak, which was a pretty nasty storm that killed a fair few people. At the time Elvis was around a year and a half old - give or take. As well as that, Elvis was the younger of twins, the older who died soon after birth.
So yeah those facts kinda create the basis for this apocalyptic sorta picture - whether or not there's more to it than just Nick Caves mental imagination - who knows? That's part of the fun!
SikTh version kicks ass tho, especially in the dark and rain...
The original song had alot of the ideas for Caves first novel in it. Based on fact, there was the Tupelo/Gainesville Outbreak, which was a pretty nasty storm that killed a fair few people. At the time Elvis was around a year and a half old - give or take. As well as that, Elvis was the younger of twins, the older who died soon after birth. So yeah those facts kinda create the basis for this apocalyptic sorta picture - whether or not there's more to it than just Nick Caves mental imagination - who knows? That's part of the fun! SikTh version kicks ass tho, especially in the dark and rain...