I recorded this song from the radio when I was a kid - I hoped the DJ would have spoke the Artist name or title but didn't and I didn't know for years who made on of my favorite songs. I finally heard it playing at Outback of all places. I hushed the whole restaurant until it was over. The waiter who made the mix CD came and gave it to me and finally I had it. The line, " drinking heavy water from a stone," Both biblical and scientific. Like Moses striking the stone to save his followers. But heavy water is a reference to the reactors responsible for enriching uranium and plutonium to weapons grade. I think it's about an accident leading to radiation contamination - and knowingly not calling in for fear of radiation escaping. That's what I felt was the message.
@UncleFuzzy The problem, there, as in other comments, is that Dolby has been absolutely clear that he was writing about a relative who died in a submarine in WWII. There were no nuclear powered submarines in WWII.
@UncleFuzzy The problem, there, as in other comments, is that Dolby has been absolutely clear that he was writing about a relative who died in a submarine in WWII. There were no nuclear powered submarines in WWII.
I recorded this song from the radio when I was a kid - I hoped the DJ would have spoke the Artist name or title but didn't and I didn't know for years who made on of my favorite songs. I finally heard it playing at Outback of all places. I hushed the whole restaurant until it was over. The waiter who made the mix CD came and gave it to me and finally I had it. The line, " drinking heavy water from a stone," Both biblical and scientific. Like Moses striking the stone to save his followers. But heavy water is a reference to the reactors responsible for enriching uranium and plutonium to weapons grade. I think it's about an accident leading to radiation contamination - and knowingly not calling in for fear of radiation escaping. That's what I felt was the message.
@UncleFuzzy The problem, there, as in other comments, is that Dolby has been absolutely clear that he was writing about a relative who died in a submarine in WWII. There were no nuclear powered submarines in WWII.
@UncleFuzzy The problem, there, as in other comments, is that Dolby has been absolutely clear that he was writing about a relative who died in a submarine in WWII. There were no nuclear powered submarines in WWII.