This song used to be a mystery to me. This song starts out so eerie and kind of chilling, and then the middle section with Billy talking makes this song, to me, feel like one of the only songs on the album strictly about the concept of Machina, and then the section of the song is kind of reassuring to me. Anyway now to explain how I think of the song:
Back in 2000 when Machina came out, Billy had a contest for fans to post their interpretations of the concept online, Billy then posted his favorites on his blog. One of the many interpretations was under the title "Glass And The Machines Of God" and went in depth explaining the story. Now, this was the last fan interpretation Billy posted on his blog, which makes me think it's the most accurate. Now, as most fans know Machina is about a rock star named Zero who hears the voice of God in a radio (I Of The Mourning), renames himself Glass (Glass' Theme), renames his band The Machines Of God, and begins telling people the message he heard from God. That's what most fans know, but that is really the only part of the story confirmed by Billy. Now, the interpretation "Glass And The Machines Of God" says that Glass never told anyone that he heard the voice of god, and that his "girlfriend" so-to-speak, June, is a heroine addict. One night Glass comes home and finds June in a druggy haze, as she is one heroine. Glass feels he needs to tell SOMEONE about hearing the voice of god, and figures June wouldn't remember anyway and tells her. This, to me, explains the middle section of the song, where Billy, or Glass I should say, is telling June about hearing god, and it's from June's point of view. This explains why Glass sounds so distorted, and the pitch of his voice changes. It also explains why every now and then you can hear someone, presumably June, going "Mmhmm" or something like that. "Glass And The Machines Of God" also says that sometime after Glass tells Junes, when she is no longer under the influence of heroine, they get in a fight and she tells him she never loved him and says she remembers when he told her about hearing god and that she thinks she is crazy. She drives off in a dark and stormy night and gets into a car accident. This to me explains the last section of the song, "She can hear Glass calling" she's semiconcious and Glass is out looking for her. As for the begining part, I'm not too sure. The fact that Smashing Pumpkins fans are called "Ghost Children" makes me think that it has something to do with Glass' Band's fans.
This song used to be a mystery to me. This song starts out so eerie and kind of chilling, and then the middle section with Billy talking makes this song, to me, feel like one of the only songs on the album strictly about the concept of Machina, and then the section of the song is kind of reassuring to me. Anyway now to explain how I think of the song:
Back in 2000 when Machina came out, Billy had a contest for fans to post their interpretations of the concept online, Billy then posted his favorites on his blog. One of the many interpretations was under the title "Glass And The Machines Of God" and went in depth explaining the story. Now, this was the last fan interpretation Billy posted on his blog, which makes me think it's the most accurate. Now, as most fans know Machina is about a rock star named Zero who hears the voice of God in a radio (I Of The Mourning), renames himself Glass (Glass' Theme), renames his band The Machines Of God, and begins telling people the message he heard from God. That's what most fans know, but that is really the only part of the story confirmed by Billy. Now, the interpretation "Glass And The Machines Of God" says that Glass never told anyone that he heard the voice of god, and that his "girlfriend" so-to-speak, June, is a heroine addict. One night Glass comes home and finds June in a druggy haze, as she is one heroine. Glass feels he needs to tell SOMEONE about hearing the voice of god, and figures June wouldn't remember anyway and tells her. This, to me, explains the middle section of the song, where Billy, or Glass I should say, is telling June about hearing god, and it's from June's point of view. This explains why Glass sounds so distorted, and the pitch of his voice changes. It also explains why every now and then you can hear someone, presumably June, going "Mmhmm" or something like that. "Glass And The Machines Of God" also says that sometime after Glass tells Junes, when she is no longer under the influence of heroine, they get in a fight and she tells him she never loved him and says she remembers when he told her about hearing god and that she thinks she is crazy. She drives off in a dark and stormy night and gets into a car accident. This to me explains the last section of the song, "She can hear Glass calling" she's semiconcious and Glass is out looking for her. As for the begining part, I'm not too sure. The fact that Smashing Pumpkins fans are called "Ghost Children" makes me think that it has something to do with Glass' Band's fans.
That's all I've got.