"Every one of us is an island. If it were not so we should go mad at once. Between these islands are ships, aeroplanes, telephones, wireless— what you will. But they remain islands. Islands that can sink or disappear for ever."
-John Fowles (Conchis in The Magus)
This song is about love, but more than anything it's about the Absurd. It's about our search for meaning in this life, and our struggle to find it. It's like we think we're all stranded on our own little islands and every day we dream that a ship will come and take us away, but we might actually be the islands themselves. Ships may pass by from time to time and we may even catch wind of other islands, but if we face the truth we'll probably be living the rest of our lives stranded here. Even so, there's a sort of comfort in knowing that although we are all alone in some regards, there are thousands of other islands out in this vast ocean.
I'm probably getting these words wrong, but I just smile :-)
"Every one of us is an island. If it were not so we should go mad at once. Between these islands are ships, aeroplanes, telephones, wireless— what you will. But they remain islands. Islands that can sink or disappear for ever." -John Fowles (Conchis in The Magus)
This song is about love, but more than anything it's about the Absurd. It's about our search for meaning in this life, and our struggle to find it. It's like we think we're all stranded on our own little islands and every day we dream that a ship will come and take us away, but we might actually be the islands themselves. Ships may pass by from time to time and we may even catch wind of other islands, but if we face the truth we'll probably be living the rest of our lives stranded here. Even so, there's a sort of comfort in knowing that although we are all alone in some regards, there are thousands of other islands out in this vast ocean.
I'm probably getting these words wrong, but I just smile :-)
@jayjech Outstanding explication, my friend. Outstanding.
@jayjech Outstanding explication, my friend. Outstanding.