Does anyone notice the references to Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse 5 here?
Throughout the book, Billy Pilgrim mentions the way humans see time vs. the way Tralfamadorians see time (3v4 dimensions)
Tralfamadorians see humans like centipedes with small baby legs in the front and older legs in the back. They see in 4 dimensions which means they can see how a single action affects past, present, and future.
The references I see here are as follows:
"every time i move, i'm in another dimension"
referring to the switches Billy experiences, or the ability of Tralfamadorians to experience time as a dimension
"Everything I do changes what I want.
I see a choice I make explode in thousands of pieces, Every time I choose I become a shard"
the experience of understanding the implications of our actions through time and seeing those implications physically
"studying cells ... postpone death ... we stretch out so long I hope we don't sever"
directly relating to what it would look like if a human died to a Tralfamadorian, the longer a human lives, the longer the centipede gets in the eyes of someone who would experience life in 4 dimensions. if you died, the centipede would "sever."
"forever growing centipedes, through time"
again. direct relationship to the book
The next several verses refer to both a fatalystic view of life, as well as a Tralfamadorian-like way of viewing choices as "a habit."
"if i veer off course" i know i'll eventually get back on SOME course.
I think there are some direct references to the story as well. When Billy Pilgrim is taken to the world where the Tralfamadorians live, he is placed in a great "dome" to simulate the environment on earth, like a zoo. He ends up making love to a supermodel who is also placed in there with him, and she bears him a child on the planet. Much like animals in a zoo on earth, they don't have much else to do.
Anyone else, know the book well enough to refute any of these or postulate more, let me know. i'm really interested in this cryptic song.
Does anyone notice the references to Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse 5 here?
Throughout the book, Billy Pilgrim mentions the way humans see time vs. the way Tralfamadorians see time (3v4 dimensions)
Tralfamadorians see humans like centipedes with small baby legs in the front and older legs in the back. They see in 4 dimensions which means they can see how a single action affects past, present, and future.
The references I see here are as follows:
"every time i move, i'm in another dimension" referring to the switches Billy experiences, or the ability of Tralfamadorians to experience time as a dimension
"Everything I do changes what I want. I see a choice I make explode in thousands of pieces, Every time I choose I become a shard" the experience of understanding the implications of our actions through time and seeing those implications physically
"studying cells ... postpone death ... we stretch out so long I hope we don't sever" directly relating to what it would look like if a human died to a Tralfamadorian, the longer a human lives, the longer the centipede gets in the eyes of someone who would experience life in 4 dimensions. if you died, the centipede would "sever."
"forever growing centipedes, through time" again. direct relationship to the book
The next several verses refer to both a fatalystic view of life, as well as a Tralfamadorian-like way of viewing choices as "a habit." "if i veer off course" i know i'll eventually get back on SOME course.
I think there are some direct references to the story as well. When Billy Pilgrim is taken to the world where the Tralfamadorians live, he is placed in a great "dome" to simulate the environment on earth, like a zoo. He ends up making love to a supermodel who is also placed in there with him, and she bears him a child on the planet. Much like animals in a zoo on earth, they don't have much else to do.
Anyone else, know the book well enough to refute any of these or postulate more, let me know. i'm really interested in this cryptic song.