Story Behind The Song
Part Two of the plane crash. A lost WWII soldier on an island in the Pacific slowly loses his mind as he battles with the scars of a war, which he does not know ended decades ago. The song ends with a gunshot in an apparent suicide. The album rewinds as his life flashes before his eyes.
| Song Length |
4:50 |
Genre |
Rock - Psychedelic, Rock - Progressive Rock |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Gloomy, Heartbreaking |
Subject |
General, UFOs |
| Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
I had a dream
Or was it real
A past life
Or a film I saw
Lost at sea
Found at war
An atheist in a foxhole
They all prayed
'God, please god'
I just stayed on
Did my job
Making hope for the hopeless folk
Is for privy men
A laughless joke
My brains on the wall
The last thing I saw