From my youth I always remember thinking this song was about a part in the book 2010 Odyssey Two by Arthur C Clarke.
On rereading it & revisiting the lyrics I'd like to think there's some mileage in my assumption.
See part 2 chapters 6-11. About a lading on Jupiter's ice moon Europa wriggled with ice faults ("lines in the ice") & a creature coming up from under the ice needing help, as well as the crew needing help. Then the higher being E.T.'s helping the under ice creatures by turning Jupiter into a sun & ultimately "waking them" up to consciousness with the black obelisk ( in further chapters of the trilogy) after countless generations of evolution on the now warm humid ("get them out of the cold water") moon.
Read the trilogy & tell me what you think.
From my youth I always remember thinking this song was about a part in the book 2010 Odyssey Two by Arthur C Clarke. On rereading it & revisiting the lyrics I'd like to think there's some mileage in my assumption. See part 2 chapters 6-11. About a lading on Jupiter's ice moon Europa wriggled with ice faults ("lines in the ice") & a creature coming up from under the ice needing help, as well as the crew needing help. Then the higher being E.T.'s helping the under ice creatures by turning Jupiter into a sun & ultimately "waking them" up to consciousness with the black obelisk ( in further chapters of the trilogy) after countless generations of evolution on the now warm humid ("get them out of the cold water") moon. Read the trilogy & tell me what you think.