I believe this song is meant to be a continuation of The Water, in which the protagonist has died and his corpse is floating down the river, but the situation is symbolic of the peaceful journey to the afterlife.
This song seems to continue the theme of a peaceful journey up a river (the Amazon) to the afterlife. He notes that "everyone in this place is dreaming" suggesting to me that they are no longer attached to physical reality. "For in the sleep of death what dreams may come/ When we have shuffled off this mortal coil". For these the dead, the world is a memory, an old photograph, a dusty print. The theme of the journey to the afterlife is reinforced by the reference to the realms up above. The invocation of Samson's dying moment (bringing down the pillars) and seeing one minute and not the next solidifies the theme of morality.
I believe this song is meant to be a continuation of The Water, in which the protagonist has died and his corpse is floating down the river, but the situation is symbolic of the peaceful journey to the afterlife.
This song seems to continue the theme of a peaceful journey up a river (the Amazon) to the afterlife. He notes that "everyone in this place is dreaming" suggesting to me that they are no longer attached to physical reality. "For in the sleep of death what dreams may come/ When we have shuffled off this mortal coil". For these the dead, the world is a memory, an old photograph, a dusty print. The theme of the journey to the afterlife is reinforced by the reference to the realms up above. The invocation of Samson's dying moment (bringing down the pillars) and seeing one minute and not the next solidifies the theme of morality.