Didacts and Narpets basically means teachers and parents. Neil mentions it in an interview. You can look didact up in the dictionary or online. Narpets is an anagram for parents. The title along with the lyrics tells me that this section is about the protagonist going through adolescence, trying to form an understanding of right and wrong through interactions and conflicts with authority figures. As for LSD references, I'm still doubtful. 99% of the supposed references on that egodeath link are just BS. Anyone who's not currently on LSD should be able to see that for themselves. That link also seems to be the only place trying to link "Cask of '43" with the initial LSD experiments. Cask of '43 to me always just sounded like the sort of thing Tolkien would have written, and I always assumed that was where Peart got it. The idea that the "eyes open very wide" line is another reference seems incredibly far-fetched. Given the placement in the song, between birth and being introduced to "the one who soothes and feeds"(mother), I don't think he's talking about an acid trip here either.
@Stickymongoose You are probably a Frank Zappa fan as well. Please see the Grateful Dead\'s Steal Your Face logo and make note of the large lightning bolt between the skulls eyes. This is what \'eyes open very wide\' is referring to and, yes, the writers and performers of this song were experienced LSD users, probably high on acid while recording it and certainly during the writing process. So yes, sex, drugs and rock and roll was the overwhelming theme of this great epic track.
@Stickymongoose You are probably a Frank Zappa fan as well. Please see the Grateful Dead\'s Steal Your Face logo and make note of the large lightning bolt between the skulls eyes. This is what \'eyes open very wide\' is referring to and, yes, the writers and performers of this song were experienced LSD users, probably high on acid while recording it and certainly during the writing process. So yes, sex, drugs and rock and roll was the overwhelming theme of this great epic track.
Didacts and Narpets basically means teachers and parents. Neil mentions it in an interview. You can look didact up in the dictionary or online. Narpets is an anagram for parents. The title along with the lyrics tells me that this section is about the protagonist going through adolescence, trying to form an understanding of right and wrong through interactions and conflicts with authority figures. As for LSD references, I'm still doubtful. 99% of the supposed references on that egodeath link are just BS. Anyone who's not currently on LSD should be able to see that for themselves. That link also seems to be the only place trying to link "Cask of '43" with the initial LSD experiments. Cask of '43 to me always just sounded like the sort of thing Tolkien would have written, and I always assumed that was where Peart got it. The idea that the "eyes open very wide" line is another reference seems incredibly far-fetched. Given the placement in the song, between birth and being introduced to "the one who soothes and feeds"(mother), I don't think he's talking about an acid trip here either.
@Stickymongoose You are probably a Frank Zappa fan as well. Please see the Grateful Dead\'s Steal Your Face logo and make note of the large lightning bolt between the skulls eyes. This is what \'eyes open very wide\' is referring to and, yes, the writers and performers of this song were experienced LSD users, probably high on acid while recording it and certainly during the writing process. So yes, sex, drugs and rock and roll was the overwhelming theme of this great epic track.
@Stickymongoose You are probably a Frank Zappa fan as well. Please see the Grateful Dead\'s Steal Your Face logo and make note of the large lightning bolt between the skulls eyes. This is what \'eyes open very wide\' is referring to and, yes, the writers and performers of this song were experienced LSD users, probably high on acid while recording it and certainly during the writing process. So yes, sex, drugs and rock and roll was the overwhelming theme of this great epic track.
@sandman71 go hit the bong again, knucklehead. It has fuck all to do with LSD.
@sandman71 go hit the bong again, knucklehead. It has fuck all to do with LSD.