I could be wrong, but after listening to this track several hundred times it really sounds like "Sister/Sagaba" is a metaphor for Geo's problems with his past and the song is about overcoming his "cancer" in life. This definitely supports the "introspective" view. Hands down my favorite song of all time. It is a beautiful song.
interesting perspective. It's been over two years now since I commented, even lnger since first heard this song and I still get new perspectives everytime. The riddle of the meaning behind this song is weaved in a way to really make you think.
interesting perspective. It's been over two years now since I commented, even lnger since first heard this song and I still get new perspectives everytime. The riddle of the meaning behind this song is weaved in a way to really make you think.
"Now
I couldn’t stand to see the queen breathe her dreams away
And tell me her tomorrow will never become today
I say I used to know a woman just like you,
Beautiful but jaded by the multitude of men who’d often try to
Justify their lies with twisted notions of survival
And hide behind their armor when karma completes a cycle"...
"Now
I couldn’t stand to see the queen breathe her dreams away
And tell me her tomorrow will never become today
I say I used to know a woman just like you,
Beautiful but jaded by the multitude of men who’d often try to
Justify their lies with twisted notions of survival
And hide behind their armor when karma completes a cycle"
True, this can have references to his past as he even mentions, but I now believe he also used the name Sagaba for a deeper reason other than him being Filipino. Sagaba can be the Philippines in itself. It's beautiful, but it's jaded by foreign influence. During the colonial times (both Spanish and American), there were numerous attempts by the enslaved natives to free their brethren from the foreign oppressors. Now, some odd hundred years later, while the both the Spanish and Americans have left (more recently the Americans) we aren't exactly free yet. Our "tomorrow" isn't here at all because the notion of Western Superiority still cripples the country in a way and the natives who feel inferior because of their ways suffer in the end.
I mean, the Westernization of foreign countries is a pretty twisted notion of survival if you pay close attention to it.
I could be wrong, but after listening to this track several hundred times it really sounds like "Sister/Sagaba" is a metaphor for Geo's problems with his past and the song is about overcoming his "cancer" in life. This definitely supports the "introspective" view. Hands down my favorite song of all time. It is a beautiful song.
interesting perspective. It's been over two years now since I commented, even lnger since first heard this song and I still get new perspectives everytime. The riddle of the meaning behind this song is weaved in a way to really make you think.
interesting perspective. It's been over two years now since I commented, even lnger since first heard this song and I still get new perspectives everytime. The riddle of the meaning behind this song is weaved in a way to really make you think.
"Now I couldn’t stand to see the queen breathe her dreams away And tell me her tomorrow will never become today I say I used to know a woman just like you, Beautiful but jaded by the multitude of men who’d often try to Justify their lies with twisted notions of survival And hide behind their armor when karma completes a cycle"...
"Now I couldn’t stand to see the queen breathe her dreams away And tell me her tomorrow will never become today I say I used to know a woman just like you, Beautiful but jaded by the multitude of men who’d often try to Justify their lies with twisted notions of survival And hide behind their armor when karma completes a cycle"
True, this can have references to his past as he even mentions, but I now believe he also used the name Sagaba for a deeper reason other than him being Filipino. Sagaba can be the Philippines in itself. It's beautiful, but it's jaded by foreign influence. During the colonial times (both Spanish and American), there were numerous attempts by the enslaved natives to free their brethren from the foreign oppressors. Now, some odd hundred years later, while the both the Spanish and Americans have left (more recently the Americans) we aren't exactly free yet. Our "tomorrow" isn't here at all because the notion of Western Superiority still cripples the country in a way and the natives who feel inferior because of their ways suffer in the end.
I mean, the Westernization of foreign countries is a pretty twisted notion of survival if you pay close attention to it.