Music in My Head...
Recently I've been listening to a lot of music. (Recently as in over the past 27 years). I've had the following lyrics running through my head lately and I think it's because there is a powerful message in the song, but I'm not sure I know what it is. Any suggestions?Peter Gabriel's "Solsbury Hill" (1977):
Solsbury Hill
Climbing up on Solsbury HillI could see the city light
Wind was blowing, time stood still
Eagle flew out of the night
He was something to observe
Came in close, I heard a voice
Standing stretching every nerve
Had to listen had no choice
I did not believe the information
[I] just had to trust imagination
My heart going boom boom boom
"Son," he said "Grab your things,
I've come to take you home."
To keepin' silence I resigned
My friends would think I was a nut
Turning water into wine
Open doors would soon be shut
So I went from day to day
Tho' my life was in a rut
"Till I thought of what I'd say
Which connection I should cut
I was feeling part of the scenery
I walked right out of the machinery
My heart going boom boom boom
"Hey" he said "Grab your things
I've come to take you home."
When illusion spin her net
I'm never where I want to be
And liberty she pirouette
When I think that I am free
Watched by empty silhouettes
Who close their eyes but still can see
No one taught them etiquette
I will show another me
Today I don't need a replacement
I'll tell them what the smile on my face meant
My heart going boom boom boom
"Hey" I said "You can keep my things,
they've come to take me home."
posted by John and Mag @ 4:46 PM
3 Comments:
I want very much to comment, but I feel numb and empty from these words. Guess I'm missing the "powerful" part of it. Is this an American? SLB
LSD was very popular in the 70's.
-Wooed
Well, drugs and mind-numbing lyrics aren't exactly what I got out of the song, but I'm probably just trying to read too much into it (something I rarely do, no doubt). I thought the song was about a religious conversion experience of some sort, which may have very well invovled some drugs. Who knows with those crazy musicians?
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