but 'A morose foretold' made sense to me though. moroseness is practically melancholia, if not exactly. 'A friend called Kneel' just seems to suit the stanza as it is talking about the heart being pointed up "In exaltation of heaven" and the spirit being pointed down "in the act of damning hell" I can't swear to this as this just something I picked up off of the exorcist prequel about the designs of angels in churches. 'His voice the siren of greek mythology' does have a strange but relevant meaning. if this is billy talking about god, then he has some very complex feelings surrounding god's designs, and why they seem to leave billy in shit. Everyone has those feelings of having to ask why certain stuff had to happen, 'Spells of Esmeralda' the beauty of Notre dame? why would she be there? oh wait, its because she's a walking example of how beauty corrupts the beholders. Note here the start of the song, and the reason mr Marx got dragged into this song, 'Decisions made, idea's mine, but the inspiration not' this is the old debate of pre-determinism, are the choices you make your own? Well if not, which seems to be the case in this song, the systems put in place for governing it all could be viewed as beautiful synchrony, anyone who views it in hindsight can see purpose and maybe even reason for what happened, but some people can be broken hearted in considering that GOD decided that various different tortures would be necessary, but seeing that denial of his wisdom would achieve nothing and leave us 'ghosts in a machine' Absence of purpose or will. We carry on regardless, but always wondering while we shuffle closer to death. Now you gonna have to take a leap with me on this next one, I could be COMPLETELY WRONG here, but I thought he says 'Bearing without child' instead of 'Barren without child' Which kinda represents billy as learning something wiser and carrying it as though it had the importance of a child. And dying as a child, which one person here thinks is a sense of helplessness, I personally thought was a refusal to give up your innocence and/or naivety in belief before you die. Ultimately the song leaves you with billy's current state after being dragged through those aforementioned events, 'Soot in my hair' I think is a reference to St Angela Merici, who dyed her hair with soot and water so she would not appear attractive to anyone, thus avoiding temptations of the flesh. 'Stars in my hand' as I recall this appears in Revelations and it is a symbol of the Christ, not to say Billy thinks he's Jesus, but that he is enlightened by what he's been through...Even if its left him crestfallen (sorry, couldn't resist). The rest of the song I think is just about the want to be free from a variety of binds. Good song, lovely tune, kudos Mr Corgan.
but 'A morose foretold' made sense to me though. moroseness is practically melancholia, if not exactly. 'A friend called Kneel' just seems to suit the stanza as it is talking about the heart being pointed up "In exaltation of heaven" and the spirit being pointed down "in the act of damning hell" I can't swear to this as this just something I picked up off of the exorcist prequel about the designs of angels in churches. 'His voice the siren of greek mythology' does have a strange but relevant meaning. if this is billy talking about god, then he has some very complex feelings surrounding god's designs, and why they seem to leave billy in shit. Everyone has those feelings of having to ask why certain stuff had to happen, 'Spells of Esmeralda' the beauty of Notre dame? why would she be there? oh wait, its because she's a walking example of how beauty corrupts the beholders. Note here the start of the song, and the reason mr Marx got dragged into this song, 'Decisions made, idea's mine, but the inspiration not' this is the old debate of pre-determinism, are the choices you make your own? Well if not, which seems to be the case in this song, the systems put in place for governing it all could be viewed as beautiful synchrony, anyone who views it in hindsight can see purpose and maybe even reason for what happened, but some people can be broken hearted in considering that GOD decided that various different tortures would be necessary, but seeing that denial of his wisdom would achieve nothing and leave us 'ghosts in a machine' Absence of purpose or will. We carry on regardless, but always wondering while we shuffle closer to death. Now you gonna have to take a leap with me on this next one, I could be COMPLETELY WRONG here, but I thought he says 'Bearing without child' instead of 'Barren without child' Which kinda represents billy as learning something wiser and carrying it as though it had the importance of a child. And dying as a child, which one person here thinks is a sense of helplessness, I personally thought was a refusal to give up your innocence and/or naivety in belief before you die. Ultimately the song leaves you with billy's current state after being dragged through those aforementioned events, 'Soot in my hair' I think is a reference to St Angela Merici, who dyed her hair with soot and water so she would not appear attractive to anyone, thus avoiding temptations of the flesh. 'Stars in my hand' as I recall this appears in Revelations and it is a symbol of the Christ, not to say Billy thinks he's Jesus, but that he is enlightened by what he's been through...Even if its left him crestfallen (sorry, couldn't resist). The rest of the song I think is just about the want to be free from a variety of binds. Good song, lovely tune, kudos Mr Corgan.