IMHO this is a very contemplative, introspective, sad, sad song. It is interesting if this is true that all the towns he names are of prior recording sites. It is also interesting about the Norway t-shirt in the video if it is related to the massacre that occurred. My impression is similar and could easily incorporate Norway as well as all the ills in the world but I think it is reflecting more on the current generation and those currently living in post-WWII Germany. While going on about our busy lives and doing this and that and suddenly while waiting here or crossing the street there, we get a moment, and epiphany of awareness, of truth, of knowing and asking where are we now as a people, a nation, a race, as humanity after all these manifestations of darkness and evil that rises out of our own very souls, our very nature, despite all that we accomplish and manage to do in our lives, just what exactly have we become now, where are we in this timeline of "human progress"? After all our major and minor holocausts have we grown or are we still the same? It is a very sad song. Yet there is a daily glimmer of Hope with each rising sun, a renewal and cleansing with every rain, purification with every fire, and some predictability in other aspects of nature that are basic and good, like the possibility of Love in me and in you. What do you think?
I came here with a strong impression about the song, without having given it much thinking through. I think your interpretation is captures the essence. It went right along with the impression I had. It's a powerful song, as is the imagery in the video. Subtle, but very deep. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
I came here with a strong impression about the song, without having given it much thinking through. I think your interpretation is captures the essence. It went right along with the impression I had. It's a powerful song, as is the imagery in the video. Subtle, but very deep. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
@xtian777 I really like your interpretation...The Song of Norway t-shirt is about his first real love Hermione Farthingale. They broke up after she was in the movie Song of Norway. Nonetheless, the introspection ..etc. ..fits.
@xtian777 I really like your interpretation...The Song of Norway t-shirt is about his first real love Hermione Farthingale. They broke up after she was in the movie Song of Norway. Nonetheless, the introspection ..etc. ..fits.
IMHO this is a very contemplative, introspective, sad, sad song. It is interesting if this is true that all the towns he names are of prior recording sites. It is also interesting about the Norway t-shirt in the video if it is related to the massacre that occurred. My impression is similar and could easily incorporate Norway as well as all the ills in the world but I think it is reflecting more on the current generation and those currently living in post-WWII Germany. While going on about our busy lives and doing this and that and suddenly while waiting here or crossing the street there, we get a moment, and epiphany of awareness, of truth, of knowing and asking where are we now as a people, a nation, a race, as humanity after all these manifestations of darkness and evil that rises out of our own very souls, our very nature, despite all that we accomplish and manage to do in our lives, just what exactly have we become now, where are we in this timeline of "human progress"? After all our major and minor holocausts have we grown or are we still the same? It is a very sad song. Yet there is a daily glimmer of Hope with each rising sun, a renewal and cleansing with every rain, purification with every fire, and some predictability in other aspects of nature that are basic and good, like the possibility of Love in me and in you. What do you think?
I came here with a strong impression about the song, without having given it much thinking through. I think your interpretation is captures the essence. It went right along with the impression I had. It's a powerful song, as is the imagery in the video. Subtle, but very deep. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
I came here with a strong impression about the song, without having given it much thinking through. I think your interpretation is captures the essence. It went right along with the impression I had. It's a powerful song, as is the imagery in the video. Subtle, but very deep. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
@xtian777 I really like your interpretation...The Song of Norway t-shirt is about his first real love Hermione Farthingale. They broke up after she was in the movie Song of Norway. Nonetheless, the introspection ..etc. ..fits.
@xtian777 I really like your interpretation...The Song of Norway t-shirt is about his first real love Hermione Farthingale. They broke up after she was in the movie Song of Norway. Nonetheless, the introspection ..etc. ..fits.