Golden Earring's best choon, IMO. the way they were able to pack so much drama into a song, makes me think this was part of a rock opera that never was.
i can only imagine this song is about some illegal goings-on in Turkey (hence the reference to the Moon and Star),
the narrator has just murdered somebody, and the authorities are after him (Sirens and Beacons)
the twilight zone reference leads me to believe the narrator may have been a rational man pushed to extremes in whatever it was he got nimself involved it.
he "feels like being cloned" because he cannot believe he is responsible for a dead man's body and the surrounding chaos.
according to the narrator, these changes happen immediately "when the bullet hits the bone".
Your interpretation is pretty much how I've always thought about this song. The cloning thing and moon and star always confused me, but your idea about the body and a foreign country are very intriguing.
Your interpretation is pretty much how I've always thought about this song. The cloning thing and moon and star always confused me, but your idea about the body and a foreign country are very intriguing.
Golden Earring's best choon, IMO. the way they were able to pack so much drama into a song, makes me think this was part of a rock opera that never was.
i can only imagine this song is about some illegal goings-on in Turkey (hence the reference to the Moon and Star),
the narrator has just murdered somebody, and the authorities are after him (Sirens and Beacons)
the twilight zone reference leads me to believe the narrator may have been a rational man pushed to extremes in whatever it was he got nimself involved it.
he "feels like being cloned" because he cannot believe he is responsible for a dead man's body and the surrounding chaos.
according to the narrator, these changes happen immediately "when the bullet hits the bone".
Your interpretation is pretty much how I've always thought about this song. The cloning thing and moon and star always confused me, but your idea about the body and a foreign country are very intriguing.
Your interpretation is pretty much how I've always thought about this song. The cloning thing and moon and star always confused me, but your idea about the body and a foreign country are very intriguing.
@roger wilco uhhhh yeahNO. No authorities wangless.
@roger wilco uhhhh yeahNO. No authorities wangless.