'Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air
And deep beneath the rolling waves
In labyrinths of coral caves
The echo of a distant tide
Comes willowing across the sand
And everything is green and submarine.'
== here it's and epic description how the memory come to him - and everything is good.
but then he realize again the truth:
And no-one called us to the land
And no-one knows the wheres or whys
But something stirs and something tries
And starts to climb towards the light
== here you can see disappointment . you can see the person talking about his parent because ; father is the one that answer child question (the wheres of whys).
the light that he talking about may refear to the sun , or just illusion full of light : either way he probaly talking about joining to that 'light' - his person. it's not have to be in suicidal way - he just miss and need him so much.
¨Strangers passing in the street
By chance two separate glances meet
And I am you and what I see is me
And do I take you by the hand
And lead you through the land
And help me understand the best I can"
= i think in this pharse he describe a exprient when he see a total stranger that look fimiliar to his father, and get sorta of deja vu. you can see he talking to his father because: "and i am you and what i see is me" - meaning that he is part from him, the same blood.
again he describe activities of fahter and son:
"take you by the hand", "lead you through the land (parallel to ¨called as to the land¨)", "help me understand the best i can(parallel to 'the where's and why's).
but again - he wake up from that illision memory :
"And no-one calls us to move on
And no-one forces down our eyes
And no-one speaks and no-one tries
And no-one flies around the sun"
= again he describe father-son activity, now in the negative way (no one encourage him, make him sleep)
"no one speak and no-one tries And no-one flies around the sun" - he intend to the first verse (But something stirs and something tries And starts to climb towards the light)
he wrote this to emphasize that he woke up from the illision.
he enter to the illusion again (you can also see by the writing of this pharse that he reliving the memory of his father everyday):
"Cloudless everyday you fall upon my waking eyes
inviting and inciting me to rise
And through the window in the wall
Come streaming in on sunlight wings
A million bright ambassadors of morning"
==he (the writer) is in his bed, morning - the sun come's out and the light reach to the room and to his eyes. the light symbolize for him his father - and that make him to remmember his father - and encourge him.
but then he again woke up from his illision, and realize again that is life suck!
¨And no-one sings me lullabies
And no-one makes me close my eyes
And so I throw the windows wide
And call to you across the sky"
== you can see again he is talking about his father: lullabies are perent-son exprience. the lullabies and the 'makes me close my eyes' refering to: ("And no-one forces down our eyes")
then in a act of despair he open the window , look to the sky and call to his father.
so you can see this song is about the death of roger´s father.
also you can find 2 motifÑ
this is circular song, the writer enter into illision\memory and then wake up and so forth
there is resemblance to 'ikarus' story: (ikarus is a story of the greek mythology : ikarus and his father try to reach to the sun, but eventully ikarus die): bout ikarus and this talking about the connection between father and son, and in this poem there is alot of talking about: sun and light and wings.)
A very nice analasys mr. Snowwolf, yet i don't agree with at leats one thing: "the where's and why's". You say: [...] you can see the person talking about his parent because ; father is the one that answer child question (the wheres of whys). The thing about the where's and why's being answered by a "father" is not only a bit naive, it is as well not very comprehensive with the the songs "tone"/"zeitgeist" or whatever. The point about no-one knowing the where's and why's is that no one never ever is going to hold evidently truth... there will...
I think this song is about dealing with death of perent, maybe the death of roger´s father.
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The ´echoes´are the memories from the past that still écho´. every time the person in the poem dreaming about his past - but then he wake up from this illusion memory.
'Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air And deep beneath the rolling waves In labyrinths of coral caves The echo of a distant tide Comes willowing across the sand And everything is green and submarine.' == here it's and epic description how the memory come to him - and everything is good. but then he realize again the truth: And no-one called us to the land And no-one knows the wheres or whys But something stirs and something tries And starts to climb towards the light == here you can see disappointment . you can see the person talking about his parent because ; father is the one that answer child question (the wheres of whys). the light that he talking about may refear to the sun , or just illusion full of light : either way he probaly talking about joining to that 'light' - his person. it's not have to be in suicidal way - he just miss and need him so much.
¨Strangers passing in the street By chance two separate glances meet And I am you and what I see is me And do I take you by the hand And lead you through the land And help me understand the best I can" = i think in this pharse he describe a exprient when he see a total stranger that look fimiliar to his father, and get sorta of deja vu. you can see he talking to his father because: "and i am you and what i see is me" - meaning that he is part from him, the same blood. again he describe activities of fahter and son: "take you by the hand", "lead you through the land (parallel to ¨called as to the land¨)", "help me understand the best i can(parallel to 'the where's and why's).
but again - he wake up from that illision memory : "And no-one calls us to move on And no-one forces down our eyes And no-one speaks and no-one tries And no-one flies around the sun" = again he describe father-son activity, now in the negative way (no one encourage him, make him sleep) "no one speak and no-one tries And no-one flies around the sun" - he intend to the first verse (But something stirs and something tries And starts to climb towards the light) he wrote this to emphasize that he woke up from the illision.
he enter to the illusion again (you can also see by the writing of this pharse that he reliving the memory of his father everyday): "Cloudless everyday you fall upon my waking eyes inviting and inciting me to rise And through the window in the wall Come streaming in on sunlight wings A million bright ambassadors of morning" ==he (the writer) is in his bed, morning - the sun come's out and the light reach to the room and to his eyes. the light symbolize for him his father - and that make him to remmember his father - and encourge him. but then he again woke up from his illision, and realize again that is life suck! ¨And no-one sings me lullabies And no-one makes me close my eyes And so I throw the windows wide And call to you across the sky" == you can see again he is talking about his father: lullabies are perent-son exprience. the lullabies and the 'makes me close my eyes' refering to: ("And no-one forces down our eyes")
then in a act of despair he open the window , look to the sky and call to his father.
so you can see this song is about the death of roger´s father.
also you can find 2 motifÑ
SORRY FOR MY ENGLISH. im not native speaker.
A very nice analasys mr. Snowwolf, yet i don't agree with at leats one thing: "the where's and why's". You say: [...] you can see the person talking about his parent because ; father is the one that answer child question (the wheres of whys). The thing about the where's and why's being answered by a "father" is not only a bit naive, it is as well not very comprehensive with the the songs "tone"/"zeitgeist" or whatever. The point about no-one knowing the where's and why's is that no one never ever is going to hold evidently truth... there will...
A very nice analasys mr. Snowwolf, yet i don't agree with at leats one thing: "the where's and why's". You say: [...] you can see the person talking about his parent because ; father is the one that answer child question (the wheres of whys). The thing about the where's and why's being answered by a "father" is not only a bit naive, it is as well not very comprehensive with the the songs "tone"/"zeitgeist" or whatever. The point about no-one knowing the where's and why's is that no one never ever is going to hold evidently truth... there will always be a lot of things unspoken and unsaid, may it be about revolution, space og agriculture in the 18'th century. Truth is, like space, dialating and changing constantly and no will never ever know anything for sure. Things will always be interpretable in different ways and there are always two sides of the same coin. This is in a way one of the themes that "Meddle" circles about, that nothing is constant and straight forward, Be it music or man. The truth will and shall be hidden for always, even music is distorted by the black holes of time or something else. If you take a look at the cover of "Meddle" you will se an ear under water, some say its a pig's ear, some say its a human's ear. Why? Because everything is subjective. The reason that people would disagree is that we as do not se the whole universal picture. We only see brittle fragments of it be it space, time or the cover of "Meddle" (we do not se the whole ear, the whole picture).We feel the echoe or the richocet, but no matter how much information a footprint contains, it'll never tell you an eye-colour or the thoughts within. Even the title "Meddle" suggests that nothing is constant, stabil and happy ever after. Instead, éverything is a mix up. A dim and foggy fusion of what is right and wrong, stellar and interstellar.