It's not about the planet Neptune at all, but is actually a reference to the god Neptune and ocean floor valleys. The song is about reincarnation. In the first verse he mentions a past life where he was wounded in a battle as an Atlantean.
Apparently (according to the lyrics) Hendrix was a believer in Edgar Cayce-esque theories of Atlantis--specifically it re-emerging from the depths of the Atlantic Ocean in the near future due to Earth changes; and that many people alive today are reborn Atlanteans come back to work out Karmic debts for destroying a continent in the past.
The lyrics are pretty plain on this if you're familiar with that stuff.
It's not about the planet Neptune at all, but is actually a reference to the god Neptune and ocean floor valleys. The song is about reincarnation. In the first verse he mentions a past life where he was wounded in a battle as an Atlantean.
Apparently (according to the lyrics) Hendrix was a believer in Edgar Cayce-esque theories of Atlantis--specifically it re-emerging from the depths of the Atlantic Ocean in the near future due to Earth changes; and that many people alive today are reborn Atlanteans come back to work out Karmic debts for destroying a continent in the past.
The lyrics are pretty plain on this if you're familiar with that stuff.