This song has always reminded me of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World... especially when he uses the word "somnambulist"--I always thought of that as a reference to the "soma" in the book. If you've read the book you could perhaps see what I mean.
Here are a few quotes from the book..."I don't understand anything," she said with decision, determined to preserve her incomprehension intact. "Nothing. Least of all," she continued in another tone "why you don't take soma when you have these dreadful ideas of yours. You'd forget all about them. And instead of feeling miserable, you'd be jolly. So jolly,"
"Swallowing half an hour before closing time, that second dose of soma had raised a quite impenetrable wall between the actual universe and their minds."
This song has always reminded me of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World... especially when he uses the word "somnambulist"--I always thought of that as a reference to the "soma" in the book. If you've read the book you could perhaps see what I mean.
Here are a few quotes from the book..."I don't understand anything," she said with decision, determined to preserve her incomprehension intact. "Nothing. Least of all," she continued in another tone "why you don't take soma when you have these dreadful ideas of yours. You'd forget all about them. And instead of feeling miserable, you'd be jolly. So jolly,"
"Swallowing half an hour before closing time, that second dose of soma had raised a quite impenetrable wall between the actual universe and their minds."
Great book. A solid parallel!
Great book. A solid parallel!