This song is incredible. I remember sitting on a beach in Mexico just listening to this tune over and over, staring at the vast ocean in front of me with no one else around. The words are sad but freeing at the same time. The narrator is choosing("given the chance I'll die like a baby") to leave everything behind--clearing his mind of all memories---drifting away, not fighting the tide anymore. Hard to say whether it's a romanticized vision of suicide or just his ideal resting place for when his dying day comes, but either way it's a powerful and emotional song. One of Eno's best and my personal favourite.
This song is incredible. I remember sitting on a beach in Mexico just listening to this tune over and over, staring at the vast ocean in front of me with no one else around. The words are sad but freeing at the same time. The narrator is choosing("given the chance I'll die like a baby") to leave everything behind--clearing his mind of all memories---drifting away, not fighting the tide anymore. Hard to say whether it's a romanticized vision of suicide or just his ideal resting place for when his dying day comes, but either way it's a powerful and emotional song. One of Eno's best and my personal favourite.
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