Papeete is the capital of French Polynesia, located in Tahiti. The Marquesas are another small south Pacific island, also in French Polynesia. All of this is located about a thousand miles or so east of New Zealand, which is where Avalon is located. The Southern Cross is a set of four stars in the southern sky, which serve a similar function as the North Star in the Northern Hemisphere.
When the writer sees the Southern Cross for the first time, it's like this piece of God's beauty gives him some reorientation, and some new inspiration to keep moving on. There may even be some religious significance there - coming to the cross. "Spirits are using me, larger voices calling."
@LaBradford22 "New Zealand" No, the Avalon spoken of in the song is a small port town part of Catalina Island just off Los Angeles. IT would be the first stop right before the very long journey south and westward. The Avalon in NZ is a suburb of Wellington and not a likely fit for the arc of the story.
@LaBradford22 "New Zealand" No, the Avalon spoken of in the song is a small port town part of Catalina Island just off Los Angeles. IT would be the first stop right before the very long journey south and westward. The Avalon in NZ is a suburb of Wellington and not a likely fit for the arc of the story.
Papeete is the capital of French Polynesia, located in Tahiti. The Marquesas are another small south Pacific island, also in French Polynesia. All of this is located about a thousand miles or so east of New Zealand, which is where Avalon is located. The Southern Cross is a set of four stars in the southern sky, which serve a similar function as the North Star in the Northern Hemisphere.
When the writer sees the Southern Cross for the first time, it's like this piece of God's beauty gives him some reorientation, and some new inspiration to keep moving on. There may even be some religious significance there - coming to the cross. "Spirits are using me, larger voices calling."
@LaBradford22 ---Clear and profound.......
@LaBradford22 ---Clear and profound.......
@LaBradford22 "New Zealand" No, the Avalon spoken of in the song is a small port town part of Catalina Island just off Los Angeles. IT would be the first stop right before the very long journey south and westward. The Avalon in NZ is a suburb of Wellington and not a likely fit for the arc of the story.
@LaBradford22 "New Zealand" No, the Avalon spoken of in the song is a small port town part of Catalina Island just off Los Angeles. IT would be the first stop right before the very long journey south and westward. The Avalon in NZ is a suburb of Wellington and not a likely fit for the arc of the story.