It's one of my favourite Genesis songs, both musically and lyrically. From the very first chord to the fade-out, it is absolutely haunting and brilliant.
In the beginning, it sounds like the ordinary knight-saves-maiden-tale, but soon our story becomes a lot darker. The chorus is indeed very tasty, and Phil's high-pitched vocals add to it. Just imagine how inviting these lines must sound when sung by a beautiful lady - I'm not surprised our knight cannot resist her. She seems rather confident, too.
The instrumental break (how nice is this!) after the second chorus describes his struggling, torn between reason and lust, but in the end too much attracted to her not to go.
I think, the lines that follow, "So glad you could make it, we had everything arranged", tell us that the lady IS a demon. She is speaking about herself as "we", as if there are two personalities, the woman and the demon, inside her. Also, Phil is now singing her lines in a deeper and dark tone of voice.
"For who can espace, what he desires?" is another great line. So, this, of course, is what we are supposed to learn from Tony Banks's fairy-tale. ;)
I like how they ended the song: slowly fading out, after having given us the appealing chorus for a last time, and leaving the listener to imagine what became of the poor hero in the end.
I don't know about you, but it definitely creates some disturbing pictures in my head - while, at the same time, another part of me forces me to push the repeat button. :)
It's one of my favourite Genesis songs, both musically and lyrically. From the very first chord to the fade-out, it is absolutely haunting and brilliant.
In the beginning, it sounds like the ordinary knight-saves-maiden-tale, but soon our story becomes a lot darker. The chorus is indeed very tasty, and Phil's high-pitched vocals add to it. Just imagine how inviting these lines must sound when sung by a beautiful lady - I'm not surprised our knight cannot resist her. She seems rather confident, too.
The instrumental break (how nice is this!) after the second chorus describes his struggling, torn between reason and lust, but in the end too much attracted to her not to go. I think, the lines that follow, "So glad you could make it, we had everything arranged", tell us that the lady IS a demon. She is speaking about herself as "we", as if there are two personalities, the woman and the demon, inside her. Also, Phil is now singing her lines in a deeper and dark tone of voice. "For who can espace, what he desires?" is another great line. So, this, of course, is what we are supposed to learn from Tony Banks's fairy-tale. ;)
I like how they ended the song: slowly fading out, after having given us the appealing chorus for a last time, and leaving the listener to imagine what became of the poor hero in the end. I don't know about you, but it definitely creates some disturbing pictures in my head - while, at the same time, another part of me forces me to push the repeat button. :)
@WhiteWolfDief "So he went inside there to take on what he found But he never escaped them, for who can escape what he desires?" THEM???
@WhiteWolfDief "So he went inside there to take on what he found But he never escaped them, for who can escape what he desires?" THEM???