I'm a non native english speaker and i think that's this song is really hard to understand. Maybe English speakers could help us better understand.
My understanding is that it's about a bloke who feels in danger because he's taken someone else's girl and he feels "wanted". He could be anyone and his name is ABACAB because he has no name for him.Is this feeling pure paranoia or really serious ?
I like this song very much from a musical perspective because it would reflect this atmosphere of feeling in danger.
@nayyan Everything you said makes good sense; except for your meaning of the word Abacab in the song. Mike Rutherford said that at the beginning of composing the song, they had the chord progression of A B A C A B written down. The music eventually changed to what it is now. Yet, they thought the word Abacab was special, so it ended up in the lyrics. Does it have a special meaning beyond that? I am not sure. You would have to ask the guys from Genesis on that one.
@nayyan Everything you said makes good sense; except for your meaning of the word Abacab in the song. Mike Rutherford said that at the beginning of composing the song, they had the chord progression of A B A C A B written down. The music eventually changed to what it is now. Yet, they thought the word Abacab was special, so it ended up in the lyrics. Does it have a special meaning beyond that? I am not sure. You would have to ask the guys from Genesis on that one.
I'm a non native english speaker and i think that's this song is really hard to understand. Maybe English speakers could help us better understand. My understanding is that it's about a bloke who feels in danger because he's taken someone else's girl and he feels "wanted". He could be anyone and his name is ABACAB because he has no name for him.Is this feeling pure paranoia or really serious ?
I like this song very much from a musical perspective because it would reflect this atmosphere of feeling in danger.
@nayyan Everything you said makes good sense; except for your meaning of the word Abacab in the song. Mike Rutherford said that at the beginning of composing the song, they had the chord progression of A B A C A B written down. The music eventually changed to what it is now. Yet, they thought the word Abacab was special, so it ended up in the lyrics. Does it have a special meaning beyond that? I am not sure. You would have to ask the guys from Genesis on that one.
@nayyan Everything you said makes good sense; except for your meaning of the word Abacab in the song. Mike Rutherford said that at the beginning of composing the song, they had the chord progression of A B A C A B written down. The music eventually changed to what it is now. Yet, they thought the word Abacab was special, so it ended up in the lyrics. Does it have a special meaning beyond that? I am not sure. You would have to ask the guys from Genesis on that one.