This is my favorite tune by this amazing trio. These lyrics are poetry. Without attempting to do a line-by-line analysis of them, I'm just going to sum it up: The song begins with the narrator facing a great battle...against some evil invader. Possibly alien. The humans, led by their Captain, battle valiently, suffer grave losses...yet emerge triumphant. With all their enemies destroyed, they believe themselves invincible, with no more enemies to stand in their way. But there is...the very machine that they created to be their servants, has become so advanced and powerful...it becomes their master. This song, 35 years later, has proven prophetic. How many of US cannot function without our computers, cell phones, and GPS?
This is my favorite tune by this amazing trio. These lyrics are poetry. Without attempting to do a line-by-line analysis of them, I'm just going to sum it up: The song begins with the narrator facing a great battle...against some evil invader. Possibly alien. The humans, led by their Captain, battle valiently, suffer grave losses...yet emerge triumphant. With all their enemies destroyed, they believe themselves invincible, with no more enemies to stand in their way. But there is...the very machine that they created to be their servants, has become so advanced and powerful...it becomes their master. This song, 35 years later, has proven prophetic. How many of US cannot function without our computers, cell phones, and GPS?
@Phx4stringer Peter Sinfield was an amazing lyricist and poet.
@Phx4stringer Peter Sinfield was an amazing lyricist and poet.