I can't help but see this as a message from Banks to Gabriel.
Lots of metaphors about people leaving behind their realities for dreams, pretending to fly when you have no wings, falling to earth from heaven and becoming trapped and changed, regrets and disconnection. And not realizing that everyone wants something different from what they have, and how one man's desire can be another's prison.
Then again I tend to think the song that immediately precedes this one "Squonk" also had portions addressed to Peter.
I can't help but see this as a message from Banks to Gabriel. Lots of metaphors about people leaving behind their realities for dreams, pretending to fly when you have no wings, falling to earth from heaven and becoming trapped and changed, regrets and disconnection. And not realizing that everyone wants something different from what they have, and how one man's desire can be another's prison.
Then again I tend to think the song that immediately precedes this one "Squonk" also had portions addressed to Peter.