This song is a premonition of sorts of the fall of an empire.
Its about a dream. Its not an alternate reality.
"Heaving relief as scores of innocents died" isnt disliking Californians, its saying that people were throwing relief efforts into saving the victims of the Big One mentioned. It doesnt say "heaving A SIGH of relief", which would be negative.
The Andalusian Tribes are a reference to the Vandals, a tribe from Andalusia who sacked Rome at the fall of the empire, and where we get the word vandal and its associations from.
Its not Petty Green, but Hetty Green, the first woman to make an impact on Wall Street. She was also incredibly stingy, and miserly. She is "The Queen of supply-side bone-drab.", and that verse seems to be about not being tied to the strings of accepted economics.
Presumably the idea of the panamanian child and dowager empress is there to suggest this calamity shows people that money cant save you reality - supported by the choice of California with its incredible weath gap between the richest and poorest.
Great interpretation. That makes so much more sense than any of the other interpretations I've heard. The one thing I'd like to add to that is that I think at the beginning the lyric is "you and me and the war of the enzymes." Which would mean a huge chemical war was what started this huge calamity and then the earthquake in California was what threw the world over the edge into complete chaos. It's a pretty cool/vivid image that this song paints.
Great interpretation. That makes so much more sense than any of the other interpretations I've heard. The one thing I'd like to add to that is that I think at the beginning the lyric is "you and me and the war of the enzymes." Which would mean a huge chemical war was what started this huge calamity and then the earthquake in California was what threw the world over the edge into complete chaos. It's a pretty cool/vivid image that this song paints.
Colin told David Dye in an interview last week on NPR that it was a "disaster song about the war of the end times." Although war of the enzymes would be apt, its not correct.
Colin told David Dye in an interview last week on NPR that it was a "disaster song about the war of the end times." Although war of the enzymes would be apt, its not correct.
This song is a premonition of sorts of the fall of an empire.
Its about a dream. Its not an alternate reality.
"Heaving relief as scores of innocents died" isnt disliking Californians, its saying that people were throwing relief efforts into saving the victims of the Big One mentioned. It doesnt say "heaving A SIGH of relief", which would be negative.
The Andalusian Tribes are a reference to the Vandals, a tribe from Andalusia who sacked Rome at the fall of the empire, and where we get the word vandal and its associations from.
Its not Petty Green, but Hetty Green, the first woman to make an impact on Wall Street. She was also incredibly stingy, and miserly. She is "The Queen of supply-side bone-drab.", and that verse seems to be about not being tied to the strings of accepted economics.
Presumably the idea of the panamanian child and dowager empress is there to suggest this calamity shows people that money cant save you reality - supported by the choice of California with its incredible weath gap between the richest and poorest.
Great interpretation. That makes so much more sense than any of the other interpretations I've heard. The one thing I'd like to add to that is that I think at the beginning the lyric is "you and me and the war of the enzymes." Which would mean a huge chemical war was what started this huge calamity and then the earthquake in California was what threw the world over the edge into complete chaos. It's a pretty cool/vivid image that this song paints.
Great interpretation. That makes so much more sense than any of the other interpretations I've heard. The one thing I'd like to add to that is that I think at the beginning the lyric is "you and me and the war of the enzymes." Which would mean a huge chemical war was what started this huge calamity and then the earthquake in California was what threw the world over the edge into complete chaos. It's a pretty cool/vivid image that this song paints.
Colin told David Dye in an interview last week on NPR that it was a "disaster song about the war of the end times." Although war of the enzymes would be apt, its not correct.
Colin told David Dye in an interview last week on NPR that it was a "disaster song about the war of the end times." Although war of the enzymes would be apt, its not correct.
Awwwwww, that's disappointing. Doesn't really take away from the song though. In the end.
Awwwwww, that's disappointing. Doesn't really take away from the song though. In the end.