Seems to be related to Talking Heads "The Big Country" but without Byrne's bitterness. The unseen ruler could be God, but it always reminds me of Slartibartfast from Hitchhiker's -
"Look at me - I design coastlines. I got an award for Norway... I've been doing fjords all my life...for a fleeting moment they become fashionable and I get a major award." — Slartibartfast, HHGTTG
Great song, and strange that in the late 70's we had this spate of cartographic ramblings.
Seems to be related to Talking Heads "The Big Country" but without Byrne's bitterness. The unseen ruler could be God, but it always reminds me of Slartibartfast from Hitchhiker's -
"Look at me - I design coastlines. I got an award for Norway... I've been doing fjords all my life...for a fleeting moment they become fashionable and I get a major award." — Slartibartfast, HHGTTG
Great song, and strange that in the late 70's we had this spate of cartographic ramblings.