Peter Gabriel has said in the past that one of his favorite filmmakers is Federico Fellini, who made a film called La Dolce Vita, so I assume that's where "dolce vita" comes from. There are no similarities between the plot of that movie and the apparent plot of this song, though.
I always assumed it was either about men going off to fight in a war overseas, or trying to kill some kind of sea monster.
I also always wondered if the guitar line in the break right before the last verse is intended to sound like the melody "Auld Lang Syne." I suspect it is, given the chiming clock heard prior to that.
Peter Gabriel has said in the past that one of his favorite filmmakers is Federico Fellini, who made a film called La Dolce Vita, so I assume that's where "dolce vita" comes from. There are no similarities between the plot of that movie and the apparent plot of this song, though.
I always assumed it was either about men going off to fight in a war overseas, or trying to kill some kind of sea monster.
I also always wondered if the guitar line in the break right before the last verse is intended to sound like the melody "Auld Lang Syne." I suspect it is, given the chiming clock heard prior to that.