Hmm. I don't know about that theory. All of the songs in Nil Recurring weren't included in FOABP because Wilson didn't think they'd fit with the concept. Seeing the first verse kinda makes sense that decision. The whole song brings the image of a suicide bomber with religious intentions, specially that first verse.
I only just discovered this disc more than a year after it was released. What an amazing song, definitely my favorite from the EP too.
I only just discovered this disc more than a year after it was released. What an amazing song, definitely my favorite from the EP too.
To me it simply doubts the existence of the afterlife. Despite anyone's religious belief, nobody REALLY knows what happens when you die (other than the fact that you can't take your material possessions with you). Do you move on to another plane of existence? Do you get reincarnated? Or just... nothingness?
To me it simply doubts the existence of the afterlife. Despite anyone's religious belief, nobody REALLY knows what happens when you die (other than the fact that you can't take your material possessions with you). Do you move on to another plane of existence? Do you get reincarnated? Or just... nothingness?
The character in the song has friends telling him what he should believe, but he poses this doubt for us in the form of...
The character in the song has friends telling him what he should believe, but he poses this doubt for us in the form of a hypothetical scenario -- what if you are on a plane and a suicide bomber blows everyone up, including you? It's a situation you have no control over and is one of the real fears of our era. Then what happens to you?...
So, I don't think the person in the song is the bomber or is thinking about doing this. He's a hypothetical victim of a hypothetical bomber -- who is, ironically, blowing everyone up probably out of religious conviction.
Hmm. I don't know about that theory. All of the songs in Nil Recurring weren't included in FOABP because Wilson didn't think they'd fit with the concept. Seeing the first verse kinda makes sense that decision. The whole song brings the image of a suicide bomber with religious intentions, specially that first verse.
But yeah, my favorite from the ep...
I only just discovered this disc more than a year after it was released. What an amazing song, definitely my favorite from the EP too.
I only just discovered this disc more than a year after it was released. What an amazing song, definitely my favorite from the EP too.
To me it simply doubts the existence of the afterlife. Despite anyone's religious belief, nobody REALLY knows what happens when you die (other than the fact that you can't take your material possessions with you). Do you move on to another plane of existence? Do you get reincarnated? Or just... nothingness?
To me it simply doubts the existence of the afterlife. Despite anyone's religious belief, nobody REALLY knows what happens when you die (other than the fact that you can't take your material possessions with you). Do you move on to another plane of existence? Do you get reincarnated? Or just... nothingness?
The character in the song has friends telling him what he should believe, but he poses this doubt for us in the form of...
The character in the song has friends telling him what he should believe, but he poses this doubt for us in the form of a hypothetical scenario -- what if you are on a plane and a suicide bomber blows everyone up, including you? It's a situation you have no control over and is one of the real fears of our era. Then what happens to you?...
So, I don't think the person in the song is the bomber or is thinking about doing this. He's a hypothetical victim of a hypothetical bomber -- who is, ironically, blowing everyone up probably out of religious conviction.