This song struck me with many similarities to the Ayn Rand novel, "Atlas Shrugged". I'll base this off the thinking you've the read the book, because you really should. Minor spoilers ahead, but I'll try to keep them at a minimum and warn you ahead of time.
Immediately, the refer to being "sent by fools", and in the book a lot of government types apply a lot of measures to hamstring the captains of industry, and with control of the media (for the most part, not to spoil anything) society has been mislead and been "Sent" to disaster and failure by the "fools" (being the government leaders).
The "gathering clues", "hoping to be shown", and the "only one" refer to the main character (Dagny) to her search for John Galt's hideaway. Throughout the book Dagny searches for the elusive Galt, "gathering clues" as it were, and all the while "hoping to be shown". The "only one" of course refers to Galt in this.
Yet another line that (admittedly) initially spurred this entire line of thinking is the "another teacher/heads for higher ground" verse. In the book, many great minds of industry and science begin to disappear from public view. (spoiler alert) In this sense, those who are advancing science/industry/engineering/etc etc and "teaching" society begin to "head for higher ground" both literally and figuratively. Literally in the sense they join John Galt in his mountain hideaway, and figuratively in the sense they take a higher moral ground over the government types that attempt to control their advances and ideas.
Finally, the lines: "Pay for healing as/Eyes go hollow/Weaving into/We bring this to you" feel like they refer to the final part of the book as (reminder, we are still in spoiler mode here) when Dagny gives up the entirety of her railroad (the price for healing in this case), and when she adorns Taggart's statue with the dollar sign (Galt's makeshift logo)I always envisioned her "eyes going hollow" (losing all faith in the government), as she struggled to give up her company. As for the "Weaving into/We Bring this to you" lies, it refers to her joining Galt's Cabal in the mountains. Not only is she integrating swiftly into his society by envisioning/implementing her ore transport system to the colony, thereby supporting the line "weaving into", but she is also bringing her talents to Galt's makeshift society (We bring this to you). As for the "We" in the previous line, I think it refers not only to Dagny herself but her assistant Eddie Willers. Although he does not join Galt's group, he is extremely loyal to Dagny and helps deliver her to Galt.
This song struck me with many similarities to the Ayn Rand novel, "Atlas Shrugged". I'll base this off the thinking you've the read the book, because you really should. Minor spoilers ahead, but I'll try to keep them at a minimum and warn you ahead of time.
Immediately, the refer to being "sent by fools", and in the book a lot of government types apply a lot of measures to hamstring the captains of industry, and with control of the media (for the most part, not to spoil anything) society has been mislead and been "Sent" to disaster and failure by the "fools" (being the government leaders).
The "gathering clues", "hoping to be shown", and the "only one" refer to the main character (Dagny) to her search for John Galt's hideaway. Throughout the book Dagny searches for the elusive Galt, "gathering clues" as it were, and all the while "hoping to be shown". The "only one" of course refers to Galt in this.
Yet another line that (admittedly) initially spurred this entire line of thinking is the "another teacher/heads for higher ground" verse. In the book, many great minds of industry and science begin to disappear from public view. (spoiler alert) In this sense, those who are advancing science/industry/engineering/etc etc and "teaching" society begin to "head for higher ground" both literally and figuratively. Literally in the sense they join John Galt in his mountain hideaway, and figuratively in the sense they take a higher moral ground over the government types that attempt to control their advances and ideas.
Finally, the lines: "Pay for healing as/Eyes go hollow/Weaving into/We bring this to you" feel like they refer to the final part of the book as (reminder, we are still in spoiler mode here) when Dagny gives up the entirety of her railroad (the price for healing in this case), and when she adorns Taggart's statue with the dollar sign (Galt's makeshift logo)I always envisioned her "eyes going hollow" (losing all faith in the government), as she struggled to give up her company. As for the "Weaving into/We Bring this to you" lies, it refers to her joining Galt's Cabal in the mountains. Not only is she integrating swiftly into his society by envisioning/implementing her ore transport system to the colony, thereby supporting the line "weaving into", but she is also bringing her talents to Galt's makeshift society (We bring this to you). As for the "We" in the previous line, I think it refers not only to Dagny herself but her assistant Eddie Willers. Although he does not join Galt's group, he is extremely loyal to Dagny and helps deliver her to Galt.
Just my two cents, sadly not proofread.
Excellent!
Excellent!