This one has stumped me for years! It really could mean anything, but here are a couple of my thoughts:
Idea #1:
Gas Hed is the Sun (goes west=sets in the west from our wordly view)and the lyrics to me could be making an allusion to the end of the world or even the end or a major change in the universe.
"It's the memory that hides/dies, the whole wide world" ...With the Sun gone, the light upon the world (and/or the world itsel)f is a memory. That memory dies.
A 'star' amongst his clan... The Sun=a star
"it's the memory that dies
and make your photographs black"...The Earth ends and photographs and possibly even our memories are blank and empty...
"...there was pus and light" ...a star or the Sun exploding or diminishing leaving light before complete darkness and destruction?
I know I'm reaching here, but this is a tough one!
Idea #2- Gas Hed is a bomb of some sort heading west from some location, and the lyrics are implying a similar fate as my description above, only its cause is due to a great war. "Gas Hed's on the radio"....Imminent chaos and the ultimate world war is the breaking news on the radio.
Idea #3- Gas Hed = 'gashed' or deep hurt or wounds. Really nothing else worked out with this yet. Just a thought.
This one has stumped me for years! It really could mean anything, but here are a couple of my thoughts:
Idea #1: Gas Hed is the Sun (goes west=sets in the west from our wordly view)and the lyrics to me could be making an allusion to the end of the world or even the end or a major change in the universe.
"It's the memory that hides/dies, the whole wide world" ...With the Sun gone, the light upon the world (and/or the world itsel)f is a memory. That memory dies.
A 'star' amongst his clan... The Sun=a star
"it's the memory that dies
and make your photographs black"...The Earth ends and photographs and possibly even our memories are blank and empty...
"...there was pus and light" ...a star or the Sun exploding or diminishing leaving light before complete darkness and destruction?
I know I'm reaching here, but this is a tough one!
Idea #2- Gas Hed is a bomb of some sort heading west from some location, and the lyrics are implying a similar fate as my description above, only its cause is due to a great war. "Gas Hed's on the radio"....Imminent chaos and the ultimate world war is the breaking news on the radio.
Idea #3- Gas Hed = 'gashed' or deep hurt or wounds. Really nothing else worked out with this yet. Just a thought.