Vox Humana
Echoes of Surreal Journeys: Vox Humana's Enigmatic Tale Explored
Lyrics
I haunted a basketmaker's shop.
I frequented a store where baskets are made.
Spending days ripping pictures from magazines,
Spending time tearing images from magazines and affixing them to the walls of my confinement.
taping them to the walls of my prison.
Creating a visual environment resembling a prison using taped magazine pictures.
I remember walking by the sand,
Recollection of walking by the sand.
each knob represented a different frequency range,
Observing sand knobs, each representing a different frequency range.
and I remember holding the hand of the skeleton prince
Recollection of holding hands with a skeleton prince.
and he swept me into his arms, and he,
The skeleton prince embraced the narrator.
he had tremolo deep in the back of his black eye sockets, and he said,
The skeleton prince had tremolo deep in his eye sockets and spoke.
"Do you want to come away with me into the pitch black pool?"
The skeleton prince invited the narrator into a pitch-black pool.
And I said, "I don't know, I don't know, I don't know..."
Uncertainty expressed by the narrator regarding going into the dark pool.
Photocopied
Reference to photocopied material.
The wind ripped through the trees and all the
Wind causing trees to sway and rattling stained-glass windows.
stained-glass windows rattled.
Continuation of haunting a basketmaker's shop in 1927.
I haunted a basketmaker's shop in 1927 -
Recollection of haunting a basketmaker's shop in 1927.
And on the beach in the summer there were thunderstorms constantly,
Describing constant and unpredictable thunderstorms on the beach in the summer.
and they were unpredictable, nobody knew when they would come
Thunderstorms' unpredictable nature and duration.
and nobody knew how long they'd last.
Emphasizing the uncertainty of the storms.
Sometimes they'd only last five minutes, and sometimes, weeks.
Varied duration of thunderstorms, lasting from minutes to weeks.
I haunted a basketmaker's shop because I had nowhere to go
Reason for haunting the basketmaker's shop due to having nowhere else to go.
(one long weekend)
Specifically during one long weekend.
Stained-glass windows turning off and on and the tremolo
Stained-glass windows flickering, and tremolo in the dark corners.
in the back dark corners,
Detailing cobwebs being stripped and mildewed.
cobwebs stripped, mildewed.
Recollection of acoustic guitars, bells, and a cathedral.
I remember acoustic guitars and bells, I remember the cathedral.
Memories of a cathedral with acoustic guitars and bells.
I remember cassettes, cathedral.
Recollection of cassettes in the cathedral.
I remember cassette cathedral.
Repetition of the memory of a cassette cathedral.
I remember cassette cathedral.
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