This song is a great example of how art can mean different things to different people, and they are never wrong. For me, listening to this album with the constant thought of the horrific manipulation and death that occurred at Jonestown, this song reminds me of Christine Miller. She stood alone and tried to argue for the survival of the people of Peoples Temple, and in particular the babies. It's an excruciatingly sad story. Eventually she was shouted down by the crowd, dismissed by the leader, and possibly even murdered by lethal injection.
For the record, I am pretty sure that she says "I ain't afraid of the light" up until; 2:09 when she actually does say "I am afraid of the light". I could be hearing it wrong. I could be interpreting it wrong too. But that's what I get from it.
This song is a great example of how art can mean different things to different people, and they are never wrong. For me, listening to this album with the constant thought of the horrific manipulation and death that occurred at Jonestown, this song reminds me of Christine Miller. She stood alone and tried to argue for the survival of the people of Peoples Temple, and in particular the babies. It's an excruciatingly sad story. Eventually she was shouted down by the crowd, dismissed by the leader, and possibly even murdered by lethal injection.
http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/AboutJonestown/JonestownReport/Volume12/Lisagor.htm
For the record, I am pretty sure that she says "I ain't afraid of the light" up until; 2:09 when she actually does say "I am afraid of the light". I could be hearing it wrong. I could be interpreting it wrong too. But that's what I get from it.