Maybe it's just me but i always thought it was clever,
Maybe it's just me but i always thought it was clever,
the first time it sounds like (since you can easily hear the 'd')
"Underneath the budding/bodhi tree,
That is where she brought me..."
the first time it sounds like (since you can easily hear the 'd')
"Underneath the budding/bodhi tree,
That is where she brought me..."
the second time it sounds like (since there is harder to hear a 'd')
"Underneath the burning tree,
That is where she brought me..."
the second time it sounds like (since there is harder to hear a 'd')
"Underneath the burning tree,
That is where she brought me..."
obviously this would mark the passage of time (budding/bodhi -> burning) and this would make the refrain important to the song. It marks the progression from creation to destruction and the clever thing is they hid this...
obviously this would mark the passage of time (budding/bodhi -> burning) and this would make the refrain important to the song. It marks the progression from creation to destruction and the clever thing is they hid this in words that sound nearly identical. It now seems like this wasn't intended, but when i first heard it I thought they were geniuses
(But notice, they do the same thing with 'bound/found' which also sound nearly identical but twist the meanings in a similar way)
Yeah its bohdi tree not burning tree. Such an excellent song....
Maybe it's just me but i always thought it was clever,
Maybe it's just me but i always thought it was clever,
the first time it sounds like (since you can easily hear the 'd') "Underneath the budding/bodhi tree, That is where she brought me..."
the first time it sounds like (since you can easily hear the 'd') "Underneath the budding/bodhi tree, That is where she brought me..."
the second time it sounds like (since there is harder to hear a 'd') "Underneath the burning tree, That is where she brought me..."
the second time it sounds like (since there is harder to hear a 'd') "Underneath the burning tree, That is where she brought me..."
obviously this would mark the passage of time (budding/bodhi -> burning) and this would make the refrain important to the song. It marks the progression from creation to destruction and the clever thing is they hid this...
obviously this would mark the passage of time (budding/bodhi -> burning) and this would make the refrain important to the song. It marks the progression from creation to destruction and the clever thing is they hid this in words that sound nearly identical. It now seems like this wasn't intended, but when i first heard it I thought they were geniuses
(But notice, they do the same thing with 'bound/found' which also sound nearly identical but twist the meanings in a similar way)
It's almost like listening to madvillain
It's almost like listening to madvillain