All that I've known is gone, time to be moving on...
#95692 by Brice
Sun Nov 20, 2005 7:41 am
I'm talking about the "Oh Earthling..." part. I'm trying to work out exactly what is said, but I can't work some of it out.

Anyone worked it out?

#95695 by [brett]
Sun Nov 20, 2005 8:59 am
Something like

"Oh Earth. What Changes Hath Thou Seen. There Were The Long *something* Roars Hath Been The Stillness Of The Central Sea. The Hills Are Shadows, And They Flow From Form To Form. And Nothing Stands By Clouds That Shape Themselves Then Go".

Something like that. Not sure what that *something* is though.

Please anyone correct me if I'm wrong, but I hear it somewhat like I typed out.

#95702 by A Gruesome Discovery
Sun Nov 20, 2005 10:42 am
It's an excerpt from Alfred Lord Tennyson's "In Memoriam":

O earth, what changes hast thou seen!
There where the long street roars, hath been
The stillness of the central sea.

The hills are shadows, and they flow
From form to form, and nothing stands;
They melt like mist, the solid lands,
Like clouds they shape themselves and go.


(I probably messed up the stanza formatting, so I'm sorry in advance to all those poetry buffs out there who are prepared to beat me to death with their flamboyant quills and puffy shirts.)

#95704 by Brice
Sun Nov 20, 2005 11:30 am
Brilliant, thanks a lot folks.

#95707 by Biert
Sun Nov 20, 2005 12:21 pm
A Gruesome Discovery wrote:It's an excerpt from Alfred Lord Tennyson's "In Memoriam":

O earth, what changes hast thou seen!
There where the long street roars, hath been
The stillness of the central sea.

The hills are shadows, and they flow
From form to form, and nothing stands;
They melt like mist, the solid lands,
Like clouds they shape themselves and go.


(I probably messed up the stanza formatting, so I'm sorry in advance to all those poetry buffs out there who are prepared to beat me to death with their flamboyant quills and puffy shirts.)

That 3rd line of the 2nd pard doesn't seem to be in it.

#95720 by Atari
Sun Nov 20, 2005 3:36 pm
...which is why he said it's a excerpt from......

#128602 by Falk
Mon Aug 21, 2006 12:12 pm
I'm resurecting this thread to point out that I just realised (damn, I've listened to the album a 100 times at least) that the excerpt is at the end of the song too (6'19"), and this time it has the 3rd line of the 2nd part.

#128628 by Mayday
Tue Aug 22, 2006 12:53 am
Falk wrote:I'm resurecting this thread to point out that I just realised (damn, I've listened to the album a 100 times at least) that the excerpt is at the end of the song too (6'19"), and this time it has the 3rd line of the 2nd part.


WTF???

and I've listened to this album 100s of times...LoL

#128629 by A-Daamage
Tue Aug 22, 2006 1:47 am
Falk wrote:I'm resurecting this thread to point out that I just realised (damn, I've listened to the album a 100 times at least) that the excerpt is at the end of the song too (6'19"), and this time it has the 3rd line of the 2nd part.


Holy shit! How did I never catch this?! Thank you for pointing this out! Yet another reason among countless others that this is the greatest album ever created.

#128859 by the_scoon
Sun Aug 27, 2006 9:19 am
WOW! I cannot even believe I didn't notice that before... How many layers are there to all of these albums? I swear I hear something new every time.

#128873 by gozu
Sun Aug 27, 2006 1:09 pm
fucking hell!

#128890 by FlatHead
Sun Aug 27, 2006 5:37 pm
:O

Never noticed that either but it's so unmistakably clear now that its been pointed out. Thanks, Falk.

#128894 by Kivenkantaja
Mon Aug 28, 2006 12:10 am
Biert wrote:
A Gruesome Discovery wrote:It's an excerpt from Alfred Lord Tennyson's "In Memoriam":

O earth, what changes hast thou seen!
There where the long street roars, hath been
The stillness of the central sea.

The hills are shadows, and they flow
From form to form, and nothing stands;
They melt like mist, the solid lands,
Like clouds they shape themselves and go.


(I probably messed up the stanza formatting, so I'm sorry in advance to all those poetry buffs out there who are prepared to beat me to death with their flamboyant quills and puffy shirts.)

That 3rd line of the 2nd pard doesn't seem to be in it.

What means "hath"?

#128896 by Turge
Mon Aug 28, 2006 12:21 am
It's old for "have" I think. Not sure though.

#128903 by Atari
Mon Aug 28, 2006 1:23 am
Turge wrote:It's old for "have" I think. Not sure though.


Correct.

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