I'm not surprised that there aren't many comments on the songs from Diluvia; Weathervanes was much more narrative and Diluvia is more challenging to interpret. These songs have to be viewed from the general theme of the futuristic destruction of Earth (diluvia = flood, with its biblical implications): interstellar travel, robots developing emotions, transferring alien DNA into humans in ancient Egypt, and the like.
This song: really vague pronoun use, very hard to disentangle particulars. Generally, though, this song seems to be about robots evolving sentience and fleeing Earth.
Aeolus = god of the wind (given)
Crooked fingers = kelp
little bits of diamond crushed up = carbon
animals = humans
your warm arms = spaceships
Thank you for not getting too biblical in the only comment here. I really like your interpretations of different words, I was getting carbon from the second stanza, but kelp was quite a revelation. Not sure I'm totally sold on the last two, but it's a really interesting perspective. I like to think the song is a social commentary, as "Power down the wind farms" is the only reference to winds, and "My fluorescent gods I've waited for this" is the only reference to a god; it's as if to say they've moved on from a deification of nature and...
Thank you for not getting too biblical in the only comment here. I really like your interpretations of different words, I was getting carbon from the second stanza, but kelp was quite a revelation. Not sure I'm totally sold on the last two, but it's a really interesting perspective. I like to think the song is a social commentary, as "Power down the wind farms" is the only reference to winds, and "My fluorescent gods I've waited for this" is the only reference to a god; it's as if to say they've moved on from a deification of nature and now worship technology and science. Just a little creepy...still an amazing song.
I'm not surprised that there aren't many comments on the songs from Diluvia; Weathervanes was much more narrative and Diluvia is more challenging to interpret. These songs have to be viewed from the general theme of the futuristic destruction of Earth (diluvia = flood, with its biblical implications): interstellar travel, robots developing emotions, transferring alien DNA into humans in ancient Egypt, and the like.
This song: really vague pronoun use, very hard to disentangle particulars. Generally, though, this song seems to be about robots evolving sentience and fleeing Earth.
Aeolus = god of the wind (given) Crooked fingers = kelp little bits of diamond crushed up = carbon animals = humans your warm arms = spaceships
Thank you for not getting too biblical in the only comment here. I really like your interpretations of different words, I was getting carbon from the second stanza, but kelp was quite a revelation. Not sure I'm totally sold on the last two, but it's a really interesting perspective. I like to think the song is a social commentary, as "Power down the wind farms" is the only reference to winds, and "My fluorescent gods I've waited for this" is the only reference to a god; it's as if to say they've moved on from a deification of nature and...
Thank you for not getting too biblical in the only comment here. I really like your interpretations of different words, I was getting carbon from the second stanza, but kelp was quite a revelation. Not sure I'm totally sold on the last two, but it's a really interesting perspective. I like to think the song is a social commentary, as "Power down the wind farms" is the only reference to winds, and "My fluorescent gods I've waited for this" is the only reference to a god; it's as if to say they've moved on from a deification of nature and now worship technology and science. Just a little creepy...still an amazing song.