"Every day I wake up we drink a lot of coffee and watch the CNN"
"Every day I wake up to a bowl of clover honey and let the locusts fly in."
John the Baptist's clothes were woven from coarse camel hair, and he wore a leather belt around his waist. For food he ate locusts and wild honey.
"Lobster-backs attack the town again"
Red Coats or the British Regular Troops
"Wrap all my things in aluminum"
Electromagnetic Shielding and Protection
"Beams of darkness streak across the sky"
The Black Knight Satellite - is claimed by some conspiracy theorists to be an object approximately 13,000 years old of extraterrestrial origin orbiting Earth in near-polar orbit.
"Pink rays from the ancient satellite"
The pink angel light ray represents love and peace. This ray is part of the metaphysical system of angel colors. Some people believe that the light waves for the seven angel colors vibrate at different electromagnetic energy frequencies in the universe, attracting the angels that have similar kinds of energy.
"Every time I look out my window same three dogs looking back at me."
Cerberus was a three-headed dog that guarded the entrance of the Underworld, allowing the dead to enter but letting none out.
"Every time I open my windows cranes fly in to terrorize me."
The affluent and renowned Crane family emigrated from Great Britain in the seventeenth century, eventually settling in the coastal New England village of Harmony over three hundred years ago. The Cranes gained a great deal of influence in village affairs by the end of the century.
"The power of the Holy Ghost"
"The power of the Holy Ghost"
ACTS 2: The Holy Spirit Comes - On the day of Pentecost all the believers were meeting together in one place. 2 Suddenly, there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a mighty windstorm, and it filled the house where they were sitting. 3 Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them. 4 And everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in other languages, as the Holy Spirit gave them this ability.
"Shadow of the New Praetorian"
In Ancient Rome, the Imperial Praetorian Guard or Praetorian Guard were a unit of the Roman Army formed of elite soldiers initially recruited in Italy.
"Tipping cows in fields Elysian"
The concept of cow-tipping apparently developed in the 1970's, though tales of animals that cannot rise if they fall has historical antecedents dating to the Roman Empire.
Elysium was a place for the blessed dead, and, from Pindar on, entrance was gained by a righteous life. Later writers made it a particular part of Hades, as in Virgil, Aeneid, Book VI.
"Saturnalia for all you have"
As part of the Saturnalia carnival throughout the 18th and 19th centuries CE, rabbis of the ghetto in Rome were forced to wear clownish outfits and march through the city streets to the jeers of the crowd, pelted by a variety of missiles.
"The seven habits of the highly infected calf"
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People – first published in 1989, is a business and self-help book written by Stephen R. Covey.
Highly Infected Calf - Ex 32:20 And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it. In this case, those who have sacrificed to the idol were made to drink the burnt calf idol. "Let the men who sacrificed burn the calf." The story concerns those who were offering rogue sacrifices.
"Swan diving off the tongues of crippled giants"
Swan dive - It’s a form of suicide where you jump from a high cliff, high building, etc., and put your arms out to the side, so that when you hit the ground you hit face and chest first.
The crippled giants - The brave new experiments of large industrial cooperatives established by Britain’s Labor government in the 1970s, but have since dribbled away into the footnotes of textbooks.
"International Business Machine"
I.B.M.
"Choking on bits of barley bread crumbs"
Barley was (Ezekiel 4:9) one of the ingredients from which the prophet was to make bread and "eat it as barley cakes" after having baked it under repulsive conditions (Ezekiel 4:12), as a sign to the people. The false prophetesses (Ezekiel 13:19) are said to have profaned God among the people for "handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread." {The Ascension of Jesus “on the morrow of the Sabbath” is symbolized by the wave-sheaf offering.}
"Oh this burning beard I have come undone"
Exodus 3:2 "There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up."
"It's just as I've feared. I have, I have come undone"
Exodus 3:4 - 6 When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, “Moses! Moses!” And Moses said, “Here I am.” 5 “Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.” 6 Then he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.
"Bugger, bugger, bugger dumb the last of academe"
"The Last Intellectuals American Culture in the Age of Academe: American Culture in the Age of Academe” This provocative book chronicles the disappearance of the public intellectual in America.
"Occam's razor makes the cutting clean"
Suppose there exist two explanations for an occurrence. In this case, the simpler one is usually better. Another way of saying it is that the more assumptions you have to make, the more unlikely an explanation is. (Occam's razor)
"Shaven like a banker, Lilac Vegetal"
The Jews were exiled to Babylonia we surprisingly encounter at least two full-fledged Jewish banks operating there -- the banking houses of Murashu and Egibi. Many cuneiform tablets evidencing their money lending transactions and bearing Jewish names have been preserved.
Check this out: https://youtu.be/O7why8Xo_RQ?t=46s
"Break the glass ceiling and golden parachute on down"
A glass ceiling is a metaphor used to represent an invisible barrier that keeps a given demographic (typically applied to women) from rising beyond a certain level in a hierarchy.
A golden parachute is an agreement between a company and an employee (usually upper executive) specifying that the employee will receive certain significant benefits if employment is terminated.
THE POWER OF THE HOLY GHOST, COMES TO TOWN!
"The greatest step we can take in our personal growth is learning to bridge this gap and implement our good intentions. This is what the BEARD represents. The beard is hair that grows down from the head to the rest of the body. It is the bridge between mind and heart, thoughts and actions, theory and practice, good intentions and good deeds." This is what Jesus Christ accomplished during his sacrificial death on the cross, and his eternal resurrection. JESUS CHRIST is the BRIDGE!
"As surely as I live,' says the LORD, every knee will bend to me, and every tongue will confess and give praise to God." Romans 14:11
@gunslingerfire "Bugger, bugger, bugger dumb the last of academe"
"The Last Intellectuals American Culture in the Age of Academe: American Culture in the Age of Academe” This provocative book chronicles the disappearance of the public intellectual in America""....your take on this is so interesting, I have puzzled over these lyrics with joy and wonder for weeks...so glad I was turned on to Neil Fallon....again, Proud of my childhood friend, we lived next door to each other in Kennewick
@gunslingerfire "Bugger, bugger, bugger dumb the last of academe"
"The Last Intellectuals American Culture in the Age of Academe: American Culture in the Age of Academe” This provocative book chronicles the disappearance of the public intellectual in America""....your take on this is so interesting, I have puzzled over these lyrics with joy and wonder for weeks...so glad I was turned on to Neil Fallon....again, Proud of my childhood friend, we lived next door to each other in Kennewick
LYRICS and INTERPRETATION
"Every day I wake up we drink a lot of coffee and watch the CNN" "Every day I wake up to a bowl of clover honey and let the locusts fly in." John the Baptist's clothes were woven from coarse camel hair, and he wore a leather belt around his waist. For food he ate locusts and wild honey.
"Lobster-backs attack the town again" Red Coats or the British Regular Troops
"Wrap all my things in aluminum" Electromagnetic Shielding and Protection
"Beams of darkness streak across the sky" The Black Knight Satellite - is claimed by some conspiracy theorists to be an object approximately 13,000 years old of extraterrestrial origin orbiting Earth in near-polar orbit.
"Pink rays from the ancient satellite" The pink angel light ray represents love and peace. This ray is part of the metaphysical system of angel colors. Some people believe that the light waves for the seven angel colors vibrate at different electromagnetic energy frequencies in the universe, attracting the angels that have similar kinds of energy.
"Every time I look out my window same three dogs looking back at me." Cerberus was a three-headed dog that guarded the entrance of the Underworld, allowing the dead to enter but letting none out.
"Every time I open my windows cranes fly in to terrorize me." The affluent and renowned Crane family emigrated from Great Britain in the seventeenth century, eventually settling in the coastal New England village of Harmony over three hundred years ago. The Cranes gained a great deal of influence in village affairs by the end of the century.
"The power of the Holy Ghost" "The power of the Holy Ghost" ACTS 2: The Holy Spirit Comes - On the day of Pentecost all the believers were meeting together in one place. 2 Suddenly, there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a mighty windstorm, and it filled the house where they were sitting. 3 Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them. 4 And everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in other languages, as the Holy Spirit gave them this ability.
"Shadow of the New Praetorian" In Ancient Rome, the Imperial Praetorian Guard or Praetorian Guard were a unit of the Roman Army formed of elite soldiers initially recruited in Italy.
"Tipping cows in fields Elysian" The concept of cow-tipping apparently developed in the 1970's, though tales of animals that cannot rise if they fall has historical antecedents dating to the Roman Empire. Elysium was a place for the blessed dead, and, from Pindar on, entrance was gained by a righteous life. Later writers made it a particular part of Hades, as in Virgil, Aeneid, Book VI.
"Saturnalia for all you have" As part of the Saturnalia carnival throughout the 18th and 19th centuries CE, rabbis of the ghetto in Rome were forced to wear clownish outfits and march through the city streets to the jeers of the crowd, pelted by a variety of missiles.
"The seven habits of the highly infected calf" The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People – first published in 1989, is a business and self-help book written by Stephen R. Covey. Highly Infected Calf - Ex 32:20 And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it. In this case, those who have sacrificed to the idol were made to drink the burnt calf idol. "Let the men who sacrificed burn the calf." The story concerns those who were offering rogue sacrifices.
"Swan diving off the tongues of crippled giants" Swan dive - It’s a form of suicide where you jump from a high cliff, high building, etc., and put your arms out to the side, so that when you hit the ground you hit face and chest first. The crippled giants - The brave new experiments of large industrial cooperatives established by Britain’s Labor government in the 1970s, but have since dribbled away into the footnotes of textbooks.
"International Business Machine" I.B.M.
"Choking on bits of barley bread crumbs" Barley was (Ezekiel 4:9) one of the ingredients from which the prophet was to make bread and "eat it as barley cakes" after having baked it under repulsive conditions (Ezekiel 4:12), as a sign to the people. The false prophetesses (Ezekiel 13:19) are said to have profaned God among the people for "handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread." {The Ascension of Jesus “on the morrow of the Sabbath” is symbolized by the wave-sheaf offering.}
"Oh this burning beard I have come undone" Exodus 3:2 "There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up."
"It's just as I've feared. I have, I have come undone" Exodus 3:4 - 6 When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, “Moses! Moses!” And Moses said, “Here I am.” 5 “Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.” 6 Then he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.
"Bugger, bugger, bugger dumb the last of academe" "The Last Intellectuals American Culture in the Age of Academe: American Culture in the Age of Academe” This provocative book chronicles the disappearance of the public intellectual in America.
"Occam's razor makes the cutting clean" Suppose there exist two explanations for an occurrence. In this case, the simpler one is usually better. Another way of saying it is that the more assumptions you have to make, the more unlikely an explanation is. (Occam's razor)
"Shaven like a banker, Lilac Vegetal" The Jews were exiled to Babylonia we surprisingly encounter at least two full-fledged Jewish banks operating there -- the banking houses of Murashu and Egibi. Many cuneiform tablets evidencing their money lending transactions and bearing Jewish names have been preserved. Check this out: https://youtu.be/O7why8Xo_RQ?t=46s
"Break the glass ceiling and golden parachute on down" A glass ceiling is a metaphor used to represent an invisible barrier that keeps a given demographic (typically applied to women) from rising beyond a certain level in a hierarchy. A golden parachute is an agreement between a company and an employee (usually upper executive) specifying that the employee will receive certain significant benefits if employment is terminated.
THE POWER OF THE HOLY GHOST, COMES TO TOWN! "The greatest step we can take in our personal growth is learning to bridge this gap and implement our good intentions. This is what the BEARD represents. The beard is hair that grows down from the head to the rest of the body. It is the bridge between mind and heart, thoughts and actions, theory and practice, good intentions and good deeds." This is what Jesus Christ accomplished during his sacrificial death on the cross, and his eternal resurrection. JESUS CHRIST is the BRIDGE!
"As surely as I live,' says the LORD, every knee will bend to me, and every tongue will confess and give praise to God." Romans 14:11
@gunslingerfire "Bugger, bugger, bugger dumb the last of academe" "The Last Intellectuals American Culture in the Age of Academe: American Culture in the Age of Academe” This provocative book chronicles the disappearance of the public intellectual in America""....your take on this is so interesting, I have puzzled over these lyrics with joy and wonder for weeks...so glad I was turned on to Neil Fallon....again, Proud of my childhood friend, we lived next door to each other in Kennewick
@gunslingerfire "Bugger, bugger, bugger dumb the last of academe" "The Last Intellectuals American Culture in the Age of Academe: American Culture in the Age of Academe” This provocative book chronicles the disappearance of the public intellectual in America""....your take on this is so interesting, I have puzzled over these lyrics with joy and wonder for weeks...so glad I was turned on to Neil Fallon....again, Proud of my childhood friend, we lived next door to each other in Kennewick