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Neil Young - After the Gold Rush

You know a song is gonna be great - and was probably written with the use of at least one mind altering substance - when even the person who wrote it doesn't even know what it's about...
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Well I dreamed I saw the knights in armor coming
Saying something about a queen.
There were peasants singing and drummers drumming
And the archer split the tree.
There was a fanfare blowing to the sun
That was floating on the breeze;
Look at Mother Nature on the run
In the nineteen seventies.
Look at Mother Nature on the run
In the nineteen seventies.

I was lying in a burned out basement
With the full moon in my eye;
I was hoping for replacement
When the sun burst through the sky.
There was a band playing in my head
And I felt like getting high.
I was thinking about what a friend had said -
I was hoping it was a lie.
Thinking about what a friend had said,
I was hoping it was a lie.

Well I dreamed I saw the silver spaceships flying
In the yellow haze of the sun.
There were children crying and colors flying
All around the chosen ones.
All in a dream, all in a dream
The loading had begun;
Flying Mother Nature's silver seed
To a new home in the sun.
Flying Mother Nature's silver seed
To a new home...
Rambler · 61-69, M
I always thought this song is a true and beautiful hymn.
Indeed. It is an absolutely gorgeous song, and you can just read the lyrics by themselves as a poem. I've always thought of it as a warning to humanity to preserve the environment, lest we want to leave Earth to colonize another planet.
Rambler · 61-69, M
Yes, a dream, or even a myth. And so young when he wrote it. I admire him very much.
@Rambler: Yeah, I never really thought about that; he was so young. He and this song are sublime.
Flenflyys · 31-35, F
Love good ol Neil
Don't we all?! AND he hails from your home country, so that's even more to love! 😄 I also posted another one of your Canadian cousins earlier. The Band performing live, which is comparable even to this artful song.
uncalled4 · 56-60, M
There are few better than Neil.
Agreed. This masterpiece certainly serves as a testament to that.

 
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