Man, can I ever relate! Though I do not believe in reincarnation, the thought it proposes is intriguing none-the-less. My favorite verses:
"Galileo's head was on the block
The crime was lookin' up the truth
And as the bombshells of my daily fears explode
I try to trace them to my youth"
And...
"I offer thanks to those before me,
That's all I've got to say"
I think she is both appreciating the knowledge that Galileo contributed to the world ("I offer thanks to those before me...""kind of nightvision, king of insight") and in her own quest for the truth, feels as though she has comitted some crime when, indeed she can trace this part of herself way back to her youth.
That realization this many years later (since I loved this song before) nearly makes me cry. Life can become so bizarre and complicated sometimes that it's book worthy.
Man, can I ever relate! Though I do not believe in reincarnation, the thought it proposes is intriguing none-the-less. My favorite verses:
"Galileo's head was on the block The crime was lookin' up the truth And as the bombshells of my daily fears explode I try to trace them to my youth"
And...
"I offer thanks to those before me, That's all I've got to say"
I think she is both appreciating the knowledge that Galileo contributed to the world ("I offer thanks to those before me...""kind of nightvision, king of insight") and in her own quest for the truth, feels as though she has comitted some crime when, indeed she can trace this part of herself way back to her youth.
That realization this many years later (since I loved this song before) nearly makes me cry. Life can become so bizarre and complicated sometimes that it's book worthy.