I've always thought that this song could have been written about the Amber series of books by Roger Zelazny. In them, most of the universe is made up of 'shadow planes' dreamed up by the 'Princes' of Amber. They dream up a land and they can then travel to it.
Also, the City of Amber is one of the few fixed points in the universe and there are two close shadow copies. There is an undersea version of the city (and essence in the water) and another cloud version of the city (a spirit in the sky).
Political machinations are the major theme of the books and it fits well with the tone of the song.
I've always suspected that the band members of Dragon were reading the novels while on tour and that inspired them to write this song, but of course, cannot get that confirmed.
I've always thought that this song could have been written about the Amber series of books by Roger Zelazny. In them, most of the universe is made up of 'shadow planes' dreamed up by the 'Princes' of Amber. They dream up a land and they can then travel to it.
Also, the City of Amber is one of the few fixed points in the universe and there are two close shadow copies. There is an undersea version of the city (and essence in the water) and another cloud version of the city (a spirit in the sky).
Political machinations are the major theme of the books and it fits well with the tone of the song.
I've always suspected that the band members of Dragon were reading the novels while on tour and that inspired them to write this song, but of course, cannot get that confirmed.