Freud would talk about the battle between the ego and the id, Nietzsche - the Apollonian and Dionysian. Bel Canto in this song refers to the latter as an old giant, lurking around our house. Our limbic brain, home of emotions, fears, addiction, joy - all the things shimmering, warm and bright in life. They are of course uncontrollable, unpredictable, and we succumb to them as much as we fear them. Since these forces is irrational by nature, we resort to irrational means to make sense of them - such as religious signs and omens. For a similar take in another art form, one can refer to a film called "The Babadook".
Freud would talk about the battle between the ego and the id, Nietzsche - the Apollonian and Dionysian. Bel Canto in this song refers to the latter as an old giant, lurking around our house. Our limbic brain, home of emotions, fears, addiction, joy - all the things shimmering, warm and bright in life. They are of course uncontrollable, unpredictable, and we succumb to them as much as we fear them. Since these forces is irrational by nature, we resort to irrational means to make sense of them - such as religious signs and omens. For a similar take in another art form, one can refer to a film called "The Babadook".