Pierre Abelard was a French intellectual who was considered "all-knowing" in his day. Perhaps this line is someone reading someone's tarot and admitting he doesn't know all.
"I don't know ..." just how far
is Beulah"
Perhaps this is a reference to someone asking a tarot reader when he will die and not knowing the answer.
"Beulah" refers to the afterlife or a separate and peaceful existence. I think the entire song is a frustration with living on earth.
Lyrics such as "Ill will and looks" refers to the cruelty of humans and a wish to just get to the afterlife already.
"and shadow a long twilight
Always to play
and sleep through the day
for music and night"
This is my favorite part of the song -- not only for the lyrics, but also for the way it's sung.
"You scoff at my card Guess I'm no Abelard"
Pierre Abelard was a French intellectual who was considered "all-knowing" in his day. Perhaps this line is someone reading someone's tarot and admitting he doesn't know all.
"I don't know ..." just how far is Beulah"
Perhaps this is a reference to someone asking a tarot reader when he will die and not knowing the answer.
"Beulah" refers to the afterlife or a separate and peaceful existence. I think the entire song is a frustration with living on earth.
Lyrics such as "Ill will and looks" refers to the cruelty of humans and a wish to just get to the afterlife already. "and shadow a long twilight Always to play and sleep through the day for music and night"
This is my favorite part of the song -- not only for the lyrics, but also for the way it's sung.