Free will versus predestination is a recurring theme in Hammill's lyrics - Flight is a good example; The Comet, the Course, the Tail is another. Scorched Earth provides another exposition of this paradox of human existence, set in the graphic tale of a fugitive burning all behind him as he fights to preserve his individual existence against an implacable foe.
Free will versus predestination is a recurring theme in Hammill's lyrics - Flight is a good example; The Comet, the Course, the Tail is another. Scorched Earth provides another exposition of this paradox of human existence, set in the graphic tale of a fugitive burning all behind him as he fights to preserve his individual existence against an implacable foe.