Everyone here mustn't have spent too much time in school. Your guesses as to the meanings of the song are very far-fetched in light of the true meaning. It's about the closing of a General Motors plant in Oshawa, Ontario, and the disastrous effects the closing had on the city (think of Flint, Michigan). The "click of the light" is the final switching off of the lights in the plant on the workers' last day; and the "start of the dream" is everyone wondering what they're going to do next. It's from the perspective of the children of the workers.
Fascinating theory. And if written by Owen Pallet that adds more weight as he is from Toronto I believe. The theory doesn't quite explain everything but Arcade Fire are noted for writing simpler and less esoteric lyrics than they are actually given credit for. And remember that Neon Bible touches on a whole raft of 'wrongs' in society in the first half of the noughties, not just religious issues. If true, then the last quarter of the song, the military march section, must, I presume, represent the protest march gathering steam? Just bear that in mind at a live performance...
Fascinating theory. And if written by Owen Pallet that adds more weight as he is from Toronto I believe. The theory doesn't quite explain everything but Arcade Fire are noted for writing simpler and less esoteric lyrics than they are actually given credit for. And remember that Neon Bible touches on a whole raft of 'wrongs' in society in the first half of the noughties, not just religious issues. If true, then the last quarter of the song, the military march section, must, I presume, represent the protest march gathering steam? Just bear that in mind at a live performance when that drum beat starts up.
Everyone here mustn't have spent too much time in school. Your guesses as to the meanings of the song are very far-fetched in light of the true meaning. It's about the closing of a General Motors plant in Oshawa, Ontario, and the disastrous effects the closing had on the city (think of Flint, Michigan). The "click of the light" is the final switching off of the lights in the plant on the workers' last day; and the "start of the dream" is everyone wondering what they're going to do next. It's from the perspective of the children of the workers.
Fascinating theory. And if written by Owen Pallet that adds more weight as he is from Toronto I believe. The theory doesn't quite explain everything but Arcade Fire are noted for writing simpler and less esoteric lyrics than they are actually given credit for. And remember that Neon Bible touches on a whole raft of 'wrongs' in society in the first half of the noughties, not just religious issues. If true, then the last quarter of the song, the military march section, must, I presume, represent the protest march gathering steam? Just bear that in mind at a live performance...
Fascinating theory. And if written by Owen Pallet that adds more weight as he is from Toronto I believe. The theory doesn't quite explain everything but Arcade Fire are noted for writing simpler and less esoteric lyrics than they are actually given credit for. And remember that Neon Bible touches on a whole raft of 'wrongs' in society in the first half of the noughties, not just religious issues. If true, then the last quarter of the song, the military march section, must, I presume, represent the protest march gathering steam? Just bear that in mind at a live performance when that drum beat starts up.