The song is a soul brother to "Freewill" in that it rejects predestination.
Primum Mobile or "Prime Mover" is the deist vision of god - the uncaused cause - a god that doesn't intervene in history (therefore not a Christian god). In this version of theology it is god that "sets the wheels in motion and turns up all the machines - activates the program and runs behind the scenes - who sets the clouds in motion - turns up light and sound...and then merely activates his "window" on the world and watches it go round."
After that..."Anything can happen".
According to the song, we shouldn't accept the idea that we have a particular fate. We rise above our basic elemental instincts and ignite our both our imaginations (our "higher passions") and our reason ("rational resistance" and "rational responses").
"Anything can happen" and we have to live our life to make things happen - not wait for destiny to take a hand.
Several commenters here seem overly focused on the biological idea of "conception". One can conceive ideas as well as offspring.
The song is a soul brother to "Freewill" in that it rejects predestination. Primum Mobile or "Prime Mover" is the deist vision of god - the uncaused cause - a god that doesn't intervene in history (therefore not a Christian god). In this version of theology it is god that "sets the wheels in motion and turns up all the machines - activates the program and runs behind the scenes - who sets the clouds in motion - turns up light and sound...and then merely activates his "window" on the world and watches it go round." After that..."Anything can happen". According to the song, we shouldn't accept the idea that we have a particular fate. We rise above our basic elemental instincts and ignite our both our imaginations (our "higher passions") and our reason ("rational resistance" and "rational responses"). "Anything can happen" and we have to live our life to make things happen - not wait for destiny to take a hand. Several commenters here seem overly focused on the biological idea of "conception". One can conceive ideas as well as offspring.