There are various references in this song to different cultures and their terminology for death and going on to the afterlife.
The Unicorn arrives with the west wind to dream my funeral - western wind, a reference to death (the reaper) and paganism?
Ship-shaped barrows open my heart to the wisdom of this land - various cultures buried their elites in ship burials (barrow mounds)
Reveal your face to me and guide me though the Stygian fields - greek mythology and the river styx (also in one of their songs on their once album?)
the land of the dead.
A song perhaps about the journey from this life to the afterlife?
There are various references in this song to different cultures and their terminology for death and going on to the afterlife.
The Unicorn arrives with the west wind to dream my funeral - western wind, a reference to death (the reaper) and paganism?
Ship-shaped barrows open my heart to the wisdom of this land - various cultures buried their elites in ship burials (barrow mounds)
Reveal your face to me and guide me though the Stygian fields - greek mythology and the river styx (also in one of their songs on their once album?) the land of the dead.
A song perhaps about the journey from this life to the afterlife?