INGROMIKON
07-09-2007, 11:03 AM
Listening to this song today, it suddenly came to me what this song is about -
Wikipedia.
Trust me, check the evidence:
I have come curiously close to the end, down
Beneath my self-indulgent pitiful hole,
Defeated, I concede and
Move closer
I may find comfort here
I may find peace within the emptiness
How pitiful
It's calling me...
And in my darkest moment, fetal and weeping
The moon tells me a secret - my confidant
---- This part is about someone, possibly Maynard, hours before some kind of exam/test. They don't know the material and can't concentrate on the books, so they concede and look to the moon for the source of information. The moon is a metaphor for wikipedia.
As full and bright as I am
This light is not my own and
A million light reflections pass over me
Its source is bright and endless
She resuscitates the hopeless
Without her, we are lifeless satellites drifting
---- This is describing wikipedia, and how all of the information comes from somewhere else - none of it was created by wikipedia. Light = information. This light is not my own = someone external to wikipedia put that information on there. Source is bright and endless = anything and everytrhing can be put on wikipedia. She resuscitates the hopeless = as I explained above, it helped Maynard out with an exam. Without her, he would have failed.
And as I pull my head out I am without one doubt
Don't wanna be down here feeding my narcissism.
I must crucify the ego before it's far too late
I pray the light lifts me out
Before I pine away.
---- Maynard has to crucify the ego and realise that he has no chance of passing this test himself, and must therefore enlist the help of wikipedia and pray that the information on there will help him = I pray the light lifts me out.
So crucify the ego, before it's far too late
To leave behind this place so negative and blind and cynical,
And you will come to find that we are all one mind
Capable of all that's imagined and all conceivable.
Just let the light touch you
And let the words spill through
And let them pass right through
Bringing out our hope and reason ...
before we pine away.
---- Same as above, Maynard has realised that he must get help from wikipedia in order to pass. To leave behind this place so negative and blind and cynical = he logs onto wikipedia and therefore leaves behind the world of negativity, blindness (ignorance, not having the knowledge) and cynicism (thinking that he will fail). And you will come to find that we are all one mind = wikipedia is essentially one big brain, as all information is stored on there and can be accessed at any time by anyone. Let the light touch you/words spill through/pass right through = read and take in the light that the moon gives. Bringing out our hope and reason = gives Maynard hope that he will pass this test. Before he pines away, and gives up.
Wikipedia.
Trust me, check the evidence:
I have come curiously close to the end, down
Beneath my self-indulgent pitiful hole,
Defeated, I concede and
Move closer
I may find comfort here
I may find peace within the emptiness
How pitiful
It's calling me...
And in my darkest moment, fetal and weeping
The moon tells me a secret - my confidant
---- This part is about someone, possibly Maynard, hours before some kind of exam/test. They don't know the material and can't concentrate on the books, so they concede and look to the moon for the source of information. The moon is a metaphor for wikipedia.
As full and bright as I am
This light is not my own and
A million light reflections pass over me
Its source is bright and endless
She resuscitates the hopeless
Without her, we are lifeless satellites drifting
---- This is describing wikipedia, and how all of the information comes from somewhere else - none of it was created by wikipedia. Light = information. This light is not my own = someone external to wikipedia put that information on there. Source is bright and endless = anything and everytrhing can be put on wikipedia. She resuscitates the hopeless = as I explained above, it helped Maynard out with an exam. Without her, he would have failed.
And as I pull my head out I am without one doubt
Don't wanna be down here feeding my narcissism.
I must crucify the ego before it's far too late
I pray the light lifts me out
Before I pine away.
---- Maynard has to crucify the ego and realise that he has no chance of passing this test himself, and must therefore enlist the help of wikipedia and pray that the information on there will help him = I pray the light lifts me out.
So crucify the ego, before it's far too late
To leave behind this place so negative and blind and cynical,
And you will come to find that we are all one mind
Capable of all that's imagined and all conceivable.
Just let the light touch you
And let the words spill through
And let them pass right through
Bringing out our hope and reason ...
before we pine away.
---- Same as above, Maynard has realised that he must get help from wikipedia in order to pass. To leave behind this place so negative and blind and cynical = he logs onto wikipedia and therefore leaves behind the world of negativity, blindness (ignorance, not having the knowledge) and cynicism (thinking that he will fail). And you will come to find that we are all one mind = wikipedia is essentially one big brain, as all information is stored on there and can be accessed at any time by anyone. Let the light touch you/words spill through/pass right through = read and take in the light that the moon gives. Bringing out our hope and reason = gives Maynard hope that he will pass this test. Before he pines away, and gives up.