I'm so in love with all the little allusions and pieces of this song. It's beautiful and XTC makes it seem so effortless.
One thing I find interesting is the "brittle shooting star" reference. Because the first time I heard the song, my mind immediately pictured a brittle star (the star-fish-like echinoderm) before I realized that the lyrics are most likely referring to a delicate shooting star, which makes much more sense. But it was a funny coincidence. Plus this song seems to have a few of those sort of punny double meanings like the "All Edwared Leared" one mentioned above.
I'm so in love with all the little allusions and pieces of this song. It's beautiful and XTC makes it seem so effortless.
One thing I find interesting is the "brittle shooting star" reference. Because the first time I heard the song, my mind immediately pictured a brittle star (the star-fish-like echinoderm) before I realized that the lyrics are most likely referring to a delicate shooting star, which makes much more sense. But it was a funny coincidence. Plus this song seems to have a few of those sort of punny double meanings like the "All Edwared Leared" one mentioned above.