I can't believe there aren't more comments about this fantastic song (one of Voivod's very best, imo, even after all these years!)....hoped there'd be more takes, as I'm not sure of some things. I agree with Edmundo that it's basically about religion/belief....particularly "primitive" faiths, but there also seems to be something in there about it all being witnessed by some...entity? I never looked closely at the lyrics written down, but from hearing the song numerous times over the decades, it seemed like it was maybe about a time traveller seeing these rituals (dancing around fire, etc). It doesn't explicitly say "time travel," but that's how these lines have always hit me: "I've just arrived Like a flash in the dark, My life has been Lit up like a spark"
Someone from another dimension...? or the future? Also "I've just got here".
The idea of someone from some other plane of existence just flashing into such a scene to me gives the song a sort of mysterious awe...
Anyway, I've never fully got the "Are there any forces/Are there two faces/
Are there some chances" part. Ideas...?
I can't believe there aren't more comments about this fantastic song (one of Voivod's very best, imo, even after all these years!)....hoped there'd be more takes, as I'm not sure of some things. I agree with Edmundo that it's basically about religion/belief....particularly "primitive" faiths, but there also seems to be something in there about it all being witnessed by some...entity? I never looked closely at the lyrics written down, but from hearing the song numerous times over the decades, it seemed like it was maybe about a time traveller seeing these rituals (dancing around fire, etc). It doesn't explicitly say "time travel," but that's how these lines have always hit me: "I've just arrived Like a flash in the dark, My life has been Lit up like a spark" Someone from another dimension...? or the future? Also "I've just got here".
The idea of someone from some other plane of existence just flashing into such a scene to me gives the song a sort of mysterious awe...
Anyway, I've never fully got the "Are there any forces/Are there two faces/ Are there some chances" part. Ideas...?