A Great Song Story! ... 'The Night doesn't like it' ... The opening evokes divination, ill omen, witchcraft, spells... an appeal to the Moon Goddess... An inauspicious moon... a feeling of foreboding...
Swallows are excellent fliers, using their skill to attract a mate and defend territory... The SWALLOW represents the idea of coming back, of returning home, of resurrection, hope, loyalty, freedom... a hardship survived, a victory gained... The SWALLOW can also represent the relationship between an older and younger brother...
"But you're not a swallow" (heard right at the end of the track)... The dreadful foresight of one sees the doom of the other... The other seems lost to the scheme, heedless; deaf to appeal and blind to the seriousness of events... Hubris... Too heroically ambitious, arrogant and foolish... Too driven to make a stand, to give it meaning...
The song captures the inner struggle between caution and desire, and the human struggle of one who really cares...
Totally agree with your opening statement about divination, the moon, etc. If you are familiar with the tarot (Western esoteric tradition), The Moon card, one of the 22 Trumps or Major Arcana, was the first thing that popped in my mind the first time I read these lyrics.
Totally agree with your opening statement about divination, the moon, etc. If you are familiar with the tarot (Western esoteric tradition), The Moon card, one of the 22 Trumps or Major Arcana, was the first thing that popped in my mind the first time I read these lyrics.
Also, nice character dissection in terms of the criminal's motivations (heroically ambitious, foolish, driven to do something that gets him noticed).
Also, nice character dissection in terms of the criminal's motivations (heroically ambitious, foolish, driven to do something that gets him noticed).
A Great Song Story! ... 'The Night doesn't like it' ... The opening evokes divination, ill omen, witchcraft, spells... an appeal to the Moon Goddess... An inauspicious moon... a feeling of foreboding...
Swallows are excellent fliers, using their skill to attract a mate and defend territory... The SWALLOW represents the idea of coming back, of returning home, of resurrection, hope, loyalty, freedom... a hardship survived, a victory gained... The SWALLOW can also represent the relationship between an older and younger brother...
"But you're not a swallow" (heard right at the end of the track)... The dreadful foresight of one sees the doom of the other... The other seems lost to the scheme, heedless; deaf to appeal and blind to the seriousness of events... Hubris... Too heroically ambitious, arrogant and foolish... Too driven to make a stand, to give it meaning...
The song captures the inner struggle between caution and desire, and the human struggle of one who really cares...
Totally agree with your opening statement about divination, the moon, etc. If you are familiar with the tarot (Western esoteric tradition), The Moon card, one of the 22 Trumps or Major Arcana, was the first thing that popped in my mind the first time I read these lyrics.
Totally agree with your opening statement about divination, the moon, etc. If you are familiar with the tarot (Western esoteric tradition), The Moon card, one of the 22 Trumps or Major Arcana, was the first thing that popped in my mind the first time I read these lyrics.
Also, nice character dissection in terms of the criminal's motivations (heroically ambitious, foolish, driven to do something that gets him noticed).
Also, nice character dissection in terms of the criminal's motivations (heroically ambitious, foolish, driven to do something that gets him noticed).