Well I wanted to say I can also see it from the perspective of an unconvinced observer watching a priest giving his sermon, and the observer is thinking:
Old man Wibble
Lush diviner
Duke of babble
Mad soothsayer
And then the observer taking Communion:
Drunken oracle drinks (priest drinks)
The Liquid Jesus (red wine/the “blood”)
Straight from the bottle
Spiritus Sancti (Holy Spirit, nice touch)
And the observer then struggling to look beyond all the dogmatic BS to understand the real point of the whole message:
Fortune teller croons:
“Write your own fable.
Believe it'll all work out.
It's gonna be alright.
It's gonna be alright.
Everything will be alright.”
And again further filtering of the priest’s words by the observer:
"Raise," he says, "raise a glass
Raise a glass to our, our heterogeneity
Our remarkable resilience through calamity"
Celebrating our ability to remain so resilient as a species despite all of our incredible differences. This is where the perspective might have switched to another observer or a hundred others, such as Maynard (in a church??), or the observer is just himself through the whole song.
The other idea I had is that this song is actually about Maynard himself being “Old Man Wibble” and “Duke of Babble.” “Drunken oracle drinks The Liquid Jesus
Straight from the bottle”. I mean I’ve witnessed the man drink red wine straight from the bottle in one hand on stage & mic in the other lol. And the message he would certainly be sending (and does send in a lot of songs) I think, are those in the quotations of the song.
@danielwot "Weave my allegorical elogy"
And in the kind of way that Fear Inoculum predicted COVID.
@danielwot "Weave my allegorical elogy"
And in the kind of way that Fear Inoculum predicted COVID.
I think, like in most Puscifer songs, he is poking fun at himself. Like saying, "If I predicted COVID, it was as a mad, drunken oracle. I didn't realize what I was doing. All of thus madness and chaos and here I am trying to tell everyone 'it's gonna be alright'."
During that chorus, the words are hopeful, but the music is somber. Almost as if he doesn't actually believe what he is saying.
I think, like in most Puscifer songs, he is poking fun at himself. Like saying, "If I predicted COVID, it was as a mad, drunken oracle. I didn't realize what I was doing. All of thus madness and chaos and here I am trying to tell everyone 'it's gonna be alright'."
During that chorus, the words are hopeful, but the music is somber. Almost as if he doesn't actually believe what he is saying.
I think Maynard is the preacher...
I think Maynard is the preacher and the observer, all rolled into one.
@danielwot "Weave my allegorical elogy"
And in the kind of way that Fear Inoculum predicted COVID.
@danielwot "Weave my allegorical elogy"
And in the kind of way that Fear Inoculum predicted COVID.
I think, like in most Puscifer songs, he is poking fun at himself. Like saying, "If I predicted COVID, it was as a mad, drunken oracle. I didn't realize what I was doing. All of thus madness and chaos and here I am trying to tell everyone 'it's gonna be alright'."
During that chorus, the words are hopeful, but the music is somber. Almost as if he doesn't actually believe what he is saying.
I think, like in most Puscifer songs, he is poking fun at himself. Like saying, "If I predicted COVID, it was as a mad, drunken oracle. I didn't realize what I was doing. All of thus madness and chaos and here I am trying to tell everyone 'it's gonna be alright'."
During that chorus, the words are hopeful, but the music is somber. Almost as if he doesn't actually believe what he is saying.
I think Maynard is the preacher...
I think Maynard is the preacher and the observer, all rolled into one.
Well I wanted to say I can also see it from the perspective of an unconvinced observer watching a priest giving his sermon, and the observer is thinking: Old man Wibble Lush diviner Duke of babble Mad soothsayer
And then the observer taking Communion: Drunken oracle drinks (priest drinks) The Liquid Jesus (red wine/the “blood”) Straight from the bottle Spiritus Sancti (Holy Spirit, nice touch)
And the observer then struggling to look beyond all the dogmatic BS to understand the real point of the whole message: Fortune teller croons: “Write your own fable. Believe it'll all work out. It's gonna be alright. It's gonna be alright. Everything will be alright.”
And again further filtering of the priest’s words by the observer: "Raise," he says, "raise a glass Raise a glass to our, our heterogeneity Our remarkable resilience through calamity"
Celebrating our ability to remain so resilient as a species despite all of our incredible differences. This is where the perspective might have switched to another observer or a hundred others, such as Maynard (in a church??), or the observer is just himself through the whole song.
The other idea I had is that this song is actually about Maynard himself being “Old Man Wibble” and “Duke of Babble.” “Drunken oracle drinks The Liquid Jesus Straight from the bottle”. I mean I’ve witnessed the man drink red wine straight from the bottle in one hand on stage & mic in the other lol. And the message he would certainly be sending (and does send in a lot of songs) I think, are those in the quotations of the song.
It’s gonna be alright folks.
@danielwot "Weave my allegorical elogy" And in the kind of way that Fear Inoculum predicted COVID.
@danielwot "Weave my allegorical elogy" And in the kind of way that Fear Inoculum predicted COVID.
I think, like in most Puscifer songs, he is poking fun at himself. Like saying, "If I predicted COVID, it was as a mad, drunken oracle. I didn't realize what I was doing. All of thus madness and chaos and here I am trying to tell everyone 'it's gonna be alright'." During that chorus, the words are hopeful, but the music is somber. Almost as if he doesn't actually believe what he is saying.
I think, like in most Puscifer songs, he is poking fun at himself. Like saying, "If I predicted COVID, it was as a mad, drunken oracle. I didn't realize what I was doing. All of thus madness and chaos and here I am trying to tell everyone 'it's gonna be alright'." During that chorus, the words are hopeful, but the music is somber. Almost as if he doesn't actually believe what he is saying.
I think Maynard is the preacher...
I think Maynard is the preacher and the observer, all rolled into one.
@danielwot "Weave my allegorical elogy" And in the kind of way that Fear Inoculum predicted COVID.
@danielwot "Weave my allegorical elogy" And in the kind of way that Fear Inoculum predicted COVID.
I think, like in most Puscifer songs, he is poking fun at himself. Like saying, "If I predicted COVID, it was as a mad, drunken oracle. I didn't realize what I was doing. All of thus madness and chaos and here I am trying to tell everyone 'it's gonna be alright'." During that chorus, the words are hopeful, but the music is somber. Almost as if he doesn't actually believe what he is saying.
I think, like in most Puscifer songs, he is poking fun at himself. Like saying, "If I predicted COVID, it was as a mad, drunken oracle. I didn't realize what I was doing. All of thus madness and chaos and here I am trying to tell everyone 'it's gonna be alright'." During that chorus, the words are hopeful, but the music is somber. Almost as if he doesn't actually believe what he is saying.
I think Maynard is the preacher...
I think Maynard is the preacher and the observer, all rolled into one.